Supporting EBRD’s partner financial institutions and their operations in Uzbekistan
Complementing the Bank’s investment transactions in the country
The FIDP helps to strengthen institutional capacities of participating banks through the development of tailored lending activities to micro-, small and medium enterprises (“MSME”) in Uzbekistan and the implementation of sound banking principals, a comprehensive risk management framework and best practice corporate governance structures.
The MSME sector is considered the engine of economic growth in Uzbekistan.
In 2021 the sector employed 70,1 % of the workforce and contributed to 55,7 % of GDP.
Areas of support
After an initial gap analysis of the participating bank, a tailored capacity building
programme is designed and implemented, covering some or all of
the support areas listed below:
35 271 276
POPULATION OF UZBEKISTAN AS OF 1 JANUARY, 2022
14 930
AVERAGE GDP PER CAPITA AS OF SEPTEMBER, 2021 (UZS IN THOUSANDS)
69
World Bank's Ease of Doing Business 2020 Rank out of 190 countries
25 %
EXPORTS AS A PER CENT OF GDP AS OF SEPTEMBER, 2021
Training
Training covers topics outlined in the different areas of support and includes:
Centralized training sessions, Workshops and Seminars
Participating financial institutions
53,9%
SHARE OF SMES IN GDP IN 2020
55,7%
SHARE OF SMES IN GDP AS OF SEPTEMBER, 2021
48,7%
IMPORTS AS A PER CENT OF GDP AS OF SEPTEMBER, 2021
70,1%
SME SHARE IN EMPLOYMENT AS OF SEPTEMBER, 2021
Republic of Korea
This programme is supported by the Republic of Korea and the EBRD Small Business Impact Fund
(Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Sweden, Switzerland, Taipei China and the USA).