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Country Descriptions & Profiles

Background Notes Countries of the World: Republic of Uzbekistan in Business Source Premier [About] BU logo
Published by the U.S. government and includes facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, foreign relations and travel/business information.

Uzbekistan: A Country Study
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/uztoc.html
"The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors."

Uzbekistan Country Review in Business Source Premier [About]BU logo
Published annually by CountryWatch, these in-depth reports provide demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental data. Includes key sector production, consumption and net exports, maps, country flag, Freedom Rankings for political rights and civil liberties, Human Development Index measuring quality of life and investment climate basic infrastructure information.

Finance, Trade & Commerce

Doing Business. Benchmarking Business Regulations.
http://www.doingbusiness.org/
Produced by the World Bank, this database provides information on business regulations and their enforcement in many countries. Countries are ranked according to ease of doing business. The Doing Business Indicators are comparable across 175 economies. These indicators include starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, enforcing contracts, and others.

Doing Business in Uzbekistan tinybook
Pardee Reference Collection - International Business Section
Pardee Reference X HG 5720.27 A3 D54 1998

EIU: Economist Intelligence Unit: Uzbekistan  [About]BU logo (works only with Firefox)
Indepth reports such as Country Finance, Country Commerce, Country Forecast, Country Monitor, etc which include economic indicators, political and business environment analysis, country risk assessment and financial and operating conditions for companies doing business globally.  Type of reports vary country by country.

FITA: Uzbekistan Country Profile
http://fita.org/countries/uzbek.html
FITA, The Federation of International Trade Associations, website includes general information as well as information on market access, economic indicators, taxes, labor market, agriculture, media, and more.

Global Edge: Uzbekistan
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/countryintro.asp?CountryID=178
Created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University ( MSU-CIBER ), globalEDGE contains country specific news, statistics, history, economics, and government data.

Index of Economic Freedom: Uzbekistan
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Uzbekistan
A Web resource evaluating the following areas: trade policy, fiscal burden of government, government intervention in the economy, monetary policy, capital flows and foreign investment, banking and finance, wages and prices, property rights, regulation, and black market.

Investment Guide to Uzbekistantinybook
Pardee Reference Collection - International Business Section
Pardee Reference X HG 5720.27 A3 I5 1996

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Tenders.UzReport.com has actual information on tenders and auctions announced and held in Uzbekistan, which is intended for local and foreign investors. The aim is mediation between the Uzbek entrepreneurs and their potential foreign partners.

Uzbekistan Country Monitor (Global Insight) in Business Source Premier [About] BU logo
Presents Analyses, Statistics, and Forecasts on the Economy. Includes information on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Real GDP, Consumer Prices, Foreign Trade, Official Exchange Rate, etc. Also provides Import and Export Statistics as well as the names of important government officials.

Uzbekistan Economic Competitiveness in Business Source Premier [About] BU logo
From the Icon Group, using vertical analysis or common-sized statements, provides estimates of the financial performance and labor productivity of countries compared to global benchmarks. Financial analysis includes asset, liability and income structure ratios, profitability ratios and key percentile rankings. Labor productivity analysis includes asset-labor, liability-labor, and income-labor ratios.

www.UzJobs.com is an interactive integrated job placement system, working in autonomous regime. Main task of the resource is to help young perspective specialists to find work and study, as well as companies to find skilled workers. The site has information that could be useful both for job seekers (vacancies on temporary and permanent work, trainings and studies), and employers (database of resumes, offers to study for personnel), as well as supplemental information on the current state of labor market in Uzbekistan.

www.UzSecurities.com contains the latest news and analytical materials on the state of securities market in Uzbekistan, information on Uzbek joint-stock companies; quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports on their financial activity, general shareholders' meetings. Priority goal is to provide actual information and create conditions for carrying out e-commerce by local and foreign businesses interested in investing in the Uzbek economy.

World Bank
www.worldbank.org
Provides report and statistics on challenges developing countries face, education, debt, demographics, teleccomunications infrastructure, health issues, etc.

News & Journals

UZReport.com
A leading internet resource of Uzbekistan providing news coverage on political, economic and cultural life of Uzbekistan.  Also available on LexisNexis Academic [About]  bulogo by searching Uzreport.com under publication title.

Statistics & Government Resources

Embassy of Uzbekistan in Washington D.C.
http://www.uzbekistan.org/
Information about business and investment. Also contains information about flora and fauna, education, travel and tourism, visas, immigration, history, geography, people and culture.

National Bank of Uzbekistan
http://www.nbu.com/
The official Web site of the National Bank of Uzbekistan  includes information on urrency rates, monetary policy, statistics and much more.

Republic of Uzbekistan: Portal of the State Authority
http://www.gov.uz/

Selected Internet Resources: Uzbekistan-Portals to the world
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/uzbekistan/uzbekistan.html
"Links to electronic resources selected by Library of Congress subject experts."

U.S. Embassy to Uzbekistan
http://www.usembassy.uz/home/index.aspx

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