The concept of happiness has attracted the attention economists in recent years. Happiness/life satisfaction is essential for producers to analyze how consumers are satisfied with their goods and services at micro-level. Taken into account level happiness, governments might socio-economic situation country macro level. This study examines economics factors Uzbekistan. Ordered logit model used e...

This article is an assessment of the current state affairs in Uzbekistan’s sustainable development goals (SDG)-related policies. It based on analysis UN compiled data SDGs, and overview key SDG-related strategies, as well unstructured interviews with a dozen respondents. Desk research suggests that Government’s SDG priorities remain export promotion, job creation increased economic competitiven...

In addition to transferring about 16 percent of GDP from exporters to importers, Uzbekistan’s quasi-fiscal multiple exchange rate regime generates identifiable welfare losses of 2–8 percent of GDP on import markets and up to 15 percent on export markets. These excess burdens have increased substantially with the growing difference among exchange rates. The welfare analysis allows some conclusio...