A team led by UConn Department of Public Policy (DPP) Professor Mark Robbins is providing expertise, project assistance and coordination to the US Department of Treasury and the United Nations Development Program. The team also includes DPP Professors Mohamad Alkadry, Bill Simonsen and Lloyd Blanchard. This development came about as a strategy to improve the public finance management of the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2020-2024.

These practices are intended to improve Uzbekistan’s financial management practices to provide greater fiscal transparency, more complete budget information and a higher level of compliance with international standards. The activities are supported by a competitive award from the US Department of State of $370,000 until October 2022.

Under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), these activities address three of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. They include:

           

 Congratulations to the team!