BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 1
By Klavdiya Romakayeva - Trend:
Uzbekistan starting from 2021 will organize an annual announcement of the results of the ranking of corruption and the shadow economy for state bodies, enterprises and regions with an assessment of the personal responsibility of all officials, Trend reports citing Center for Economic Research and Reform (CERR).
The ranking is carried out with the aim of objectively assessing the ongoing transformations and reforms in the country in the field of combating corruption and the shadow economy.
In particular, a survey will be conducted among the population in all regions of the Uzbekistan as part of the ranking.
An employee of the Anti-Corruption Agency Utkir Nomozbaev, commenting on the measures taken in Uzbekistan to reduce the level of the shadow economy said that today, the country is taking comprehensive measures to reduce the level of the shadow economy by creating additional conditions for business.
“In particular, the liberalization of the foreign exchange market was carried out, a new tax system was introduced and about 100 permitting and licensing rules were reduced. As a result, the share of the informal sector in industry has dropped from 20 percent to six percent over the past five years,” he said.
He also noted that Uzbekistan has set a task to halve the shadow economy in the next five years.
“One of such mechanisms for the implementation of this task is to increase the personal responsibility of local officials in the fight against corruption and the shadow economy,” Nomozbaev stressed.
Starting next year, the Anti-Corruption Agency and CERR, with the involvement of independent public organizations, will regularly study in the regions and in all state structures the work on countering the shadow economy and corruption.
“As a result we will be able to announce to the public what is the state of the level of corruption in government agencies, enterprises and the situation in the regions,” he summed up.
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