First five enterprises opened in Navoi free industrial-economic zone in central Uzbekistan on the eve of the country's Independence Day. They operate in sectors like electronics, car parts production, polymers processing and food industry.

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), a member of the World Bank Group, has launched its Asian hub, operating from Hong Kong SAR, China and Singapore — expanding the agency's reach beyond its Washington, DC headquarters and signaling a strong emphasis on inbound and outbound Asian investment

Uzbekneftegaz hosted a delegation by the World Bank headed by Bend Stivenson, Supervisor of the World Bank project on Global Gas Flaming Reduction public-private partnership

More than 600 delegates to 30th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA), hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), will look at the five sectors that have been identified as key green investment opportunities – agriculture, industry, tourism, cities and transportation.

An international conference on the "Efficiency of anti-crisis programs and priorities of post-crisis development (example of Uzbekistan)" was held in Tashkent on 12 April.

The third National Fair of Innovative Ideas, Technologies and Projects will be held at Tashkent's Uzexpocenter on 1-3 March.

Five-kilometer part of the international highway Samarkand-Ashgabat-Turkmenbashi, which links Karakul and Alat districts of Bukhara region, was reconstructed.

Agrobank (former Pakhtabank) has been developing cooperation with the Asian Development Bank in supporting businesses in Uzbekistan, including small enterprises and farmers.

Governments in Asia should continue to develop their domestic bond markets and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) stands ready to support those efforts, said Bindu Lohani, ADB's Vice-President of Finance and Administration.