TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, August 20. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a decree allocating $21.6 billion in 2026-2027 to boost entrepreneurship and improve infrastructure across Uzbekistan, Trend reports via the Uzbek president's press service.
The decision was a direct outcome of a transparent symposium
convened between the head of state and business magnates on August
20, 2025, during which Mirziyoyev articulated fundamental obstacles
and committed to innovative strategies to bolster commercial
engagement.
The mandate delineates substantial fiscal backing for enterprise
advancement, encompassing $320 million earmarked for free economic
zones and substantial initiatives involving foreign capital, $20
billion in credit facilities for small and medium-sized enterprises
facilitated through commercial banking institutions, and an
additional $320 million allocated via the Entrepreneurship
Development Company to actualize 5,000 entrepreneurial
ventures.
In order to optimize credit accessibility, the decree delineates
the implementation of a novel scoring paradigm for evaluating the
creditworthiness of enterprises seeking loan facilities, slated for
activation in May 2026. The innovative framework will leverage
datasets from a myriad of public and private repositories,
encompassing fiscal contributions, utility remittances, trade flux,
and export transactions.
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