Summary
The Policy Brief reviews information on urbanization trends,
particularly trends in urban poverty, and documents the most recent
economic trends in light of the global economic and financial crisis.
The analysis also includes some medium- and longer-term trends,
such as underlying demographic changes and migration patterns,
environmental factors such as the national water supply, and structural
changes in agriculture and the economy as a whole.
The Policy Brief provides policy recommendations on urbanization
in general and housing conditions in particular, specifically:
1. Develop comprehensive policy papers on urbanization trends
in Uzbekistan and on the prospective mid- and long-term options for
dealing with those trends.
2. Significantly improve research about and the monitoring
capacities of urban issues.
3. Develop capacities and instruments to promote integrated
spatial development at the regional, district and city levels in order to
adequately address the broad variety of challenges related to human
settlements.
4. Improve the instruments for the property market and the
management of real estate, and boost the capacities of housing market
stakeholders, such as private and community developers, in order to
diversify the housing types available to city residents. Meeting the
housing needs of low-income groups should be a priority.
5. Develop a national Housing Country Profile that would provide
comprehensive assessment of the housing sector’s performance and
assist the government in designing an appropriate action plan.
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