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	<title>Open lecture at the Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1343</link>
	<description>&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;On January 31, 2012 &amp;ldquo;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prospects of post-crisis economic development of Uzbekistan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;rdquo; were presented for young employees of the Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade by CER Deputy Director Nishanbay Sirojiddinov.&lt;/p&gt;
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	<title>Green buildings in Uzbekistan</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1335</link>
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&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The New &amp;quot;Development Focus&amp;quot; One-pager &amp;ldquo;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Green buildings in Uzbekistan: technologies, legal framework and incentives&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;rdquo; suggest critical elements for a strategy of &amp;ldquo;green&amp;rdquo; transformation in the sector of building construction, including: technologies, norms and effective stimulus for energy-efficiency in buildings. &lt;/p&gt;
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	<title>Urbanization issues provoked lively discussion during the Development Dialogue</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1332</link>
	<description>&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;On January 26, 2012 the Development Dialogue round table&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt; &amp;ldquo;Urbanization in Uzbekistan: issues and trends&amp;rdquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; was held at the premises of the Center for Economic Research featuring representatives of key development agencies and Embassies. Special guests of this Dialogue are Dr. Raymond Struyk, who acted as an expert of Urban Institute (USA) and Dr. Alexander Puzanov, Director of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.urbaneconomics.ru/eng/&quot;&gt;the Institute for Urban Economics (Russia)&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
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	<title>The Center for Economic Research is Now Among the Top 30 Think Tanks in Asia</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1324</link>
	<description>According to the 2011 rankings, which are based on an analysis of the activities of more than 5,300 selected think tanks from all over the world, the Center for Economic Research (CER) in Uzbekistan joined the list of the Top 30 Think Tanks in Asia. </description>
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	<title>CER Developed Recommendations on Improving Interest Rate Policy</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1305</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;The New &amp;quot;Development Focus&amp;quot; One-pager &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;ldquo;The Enhancement of Interest Rate Policy in Uzbekistan: Making the Economy and Society More Competitive&amp;rdquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; provides an analysis of the current Interest rate system of Uzbekistan at the macro and micro levels, as well as suggests step-by-step model of the financial liberalization. &lt;/p&gt;
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	<title>Meeting with USAID Business Advisor</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1300</link>
	<description>&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;On January 12 USAID Business Advisor and expert Mr. Fabian Olarte held a visit to the Center for Economic Research to discuss possible areas of cooperation in analyzing and supporting business environment in Uzbekistan.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Meeting with the World Bank Mission</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1295</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;On January 11, the Center for Economic Research met representatives of the World Bank mission, led by the Coordinator of the Europe and Central Asia Private and Financial Sector Development Unit (ECSPF) to held technical discussions for the joint preparation of Uzbekistan&amp;rsquo;s Long-term Strategy (Vision 2030). &lt;/p&gt;
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	<title>Uzbekistan on the Path to Rio+20</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1291</link>
	<description>&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;The new Research project &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;ldquo;Uzbekistan on the Path to Rio+20&amp;rdquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; launched by the Center for Economic Research aims at determining tools for an effective integration of Global priorities into the National development programmes, as well as examines ways of advancing country&amp;rsquo;s standpoint on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/&quot; &gt;Global Conference&lt;/a&gt;, to be held in June, 2012 in Brazil. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Meeting with USAID – start of fruitful cooperation </title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1280</link>
	<description>&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;December 22, 2011 - Center for Economic Research met the USAID Deputy Director for Central Asian Regional Economic Development, Ms. Erin Cole in order to discuss possible cooperation areas.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Center for Economic Research is Open for students</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1279</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;On December 15, the Center for Economic Research announced its Open day for University students. The event, being a logical continuation of a series of Open lectures in Universities on urgent development issues, featured students from National University of Uzbekistan, University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Management Development Institute of Singapore, as well as International Westminster University. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Open lecture on the “Prospects of post-crisis development of the economy of Uzbekistan”</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1271</link>
	<description>&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;On December 12, 2011 an Open lecture on &amp;ldquo;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prospects of post-crisis development of the economy of Uzbekistan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;rdquo; presented by CER Deputy Director Nishanbay Sirajiddinov was held at the National University of Uzbekistan for students of Economic department. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>CER Researchers participated in UNIDO Regional Round table in Austria</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1258</link>
	<description>&lt;p &gt;Research coordinator Tal’at Shadybaev and Leading Researcher Kamila Mukhamedkhanova, who are involved in implementation of a series of research projects on Green economy participated in regional UNIDO Round table in Austria. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>Entrepreneurs discussed opportunities for business development in Uzbekistan</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1242</link>
	<description>&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;On December 6, 2011 Session of the Expert council &amp;ldquo;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Business development in Uzbekistan: opportunities and challenges&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;rdquo; was conducted at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chamber.uz/&quot;&gt;the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Uzbekistan&lt;/a&gt; organized jointly with the Center for Economic Research, UNDP project &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bfu.uz/&quot; &gt;Business Forum of Uzbekistan (Phase-II)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.review.uz/&quot; &gt;&amp;ldquo;Economic Review&amp;rdquo; magazine&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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	<title>“Dialogue” discussed the International Financial Architecture Reform</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1236</link>
	<description>&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;On November 24, 2011 the key findings and results of the &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cer.uz/en/publications/1118&quot;&gt;International Financial Architecture Reform: Challenges and Opportunities for Uzbekistan&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo; Research project were presented within the &amp;ldquo;Development Dialogue&amp;rdquo; Round table. &lt;/p&gt;
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	<title>CER meets the World Bank mission for Central Asia</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1235</link>
	<description>&lt;p&gt;On November 18, 2011 the Center for Economic Research met World Bank mission led by the Regional Director for Central Asia, Mr. Motoo Konishi. &lt;/p&gt; </description>
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	<title>Media briefing &quot;Linking climate change to welfare in Uzbekistan&quot;</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1227</link>
	<description>&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;On November 18, 2011 a presentation of the key results and findings of the &quot;Linking climate change to welfare in Uzbekistan&quot; Research project was held at the Center for Economic Research for media representatives. &lt;/p&gt;
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	<title>Fill the form and get “Economic Review” for free! </title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1231</link>
	<description>“Economic Review” magazine (monthly issued by CER) provides a unique opportunity to get insight into the current business trends, urgent analytical information, as well as opinions of prominent economists and experts on business issues in Uzbekistan. Just &lt;a href=http://blog.cer.uz/?p=5868&gt;fill the form and get it for free&lt;/a&gt; until the end of 2011! </description>
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	<title>IndexInfo Presented the Development of National Market of ISO Certification</title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1225</link>
	<description>&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;On November 11, 2011 IndexInfo company presented results of its &amp;ldquo;National market of ISO Certification&amp;rdquo; research for representatives of local media outlets. The presentation was delivered by the IndexInfo Leading research officer Beknazar Suyunov. &lt;/p&gt;
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	<title>Meeting with representatives of the US Embassy in Uzbekistan </title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1204</link>
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&lt;p&gt;On November 8, 2011 Center for Economic Research met representatives from the Embassy of the United States of America to discuss current joint research initiatives, as well as possible ways of future cooperation. &lt;/p&gt;
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	<title>Development Dialogue on Family Assets Mobilization </title>
	<link>http://www.cer.uz/en/news_and_events/news/1201</link>
	<description>&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;On November 3, 2011 discussions on the key findings and results of the &amp;ldquo;Family Assets Mobilization &amp;ndash; Modernization and the Middle Class in Uzbekistan&amp;rdquo; Project was held within the Development Dialogue initiative. &lt;/p&gt;
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