President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is looking to transform Uzbekistan into a more investment-friendly destination, and among his reforms is a wave of privatisations. 

Uzbekistan attracted record foreign investment in 2018, while February 2019 saw the country's sovereign bond debut in London. 

Jamshid Kuchkarov, Uzbekistan’s deputy prime minister, tells fDi about the symbolic importance of the country’s sovereign bond debut to its FDI performance.

Jurabek Mirzamaknmudov, head of the newly created Uzbek Agency for Nuclear Energy, UzAtom, explains its place in the country's nuclear strategy.

Shukhrat Vafaev, deputy chairman of Uzbekistan’s Committee for Investments and executive director of Uzbekistan’s Reconstruction and Development Fund, speaks to Sebastian Shehadi about reforms to attract outside investment into the country, including liberalising foreign exchange and changes to the legal system.

After years of tight control, Uzbekistan is opening up, with president Shavkat Mirziyoyev committing to liberalising the economy and modernising the energy sector. It is a major change of approach and a process that is now “irreversible” says the government. Courtney Fingar reports

A ruling on a dispute between Uzbekistan and an Indian investor has provided an innovative and potential game-changing solution to the problem of governments ducking liability over the poor treatment of investors in the event of them winning arbitration cases, writes Luke Peterson.

Special economic zones are being developed across Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent states. Their success will rest on their ability to overcome bureaucracy and customs issues. Jason Mitchell reports on the effects across the region.