Objective
The objective of the EGED programme is to improve the effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of economic policy implementation according to reform priorities in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Impact of the programme
The intended impact of the EGED programme is more stable, open, and transparent economies with resilient growth in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
About the Programme
The EGED is a five-year UK-funded programme of technical assistance in Central Asia. It helps to improve the effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of economic policy delivery on selected reform priorities in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan through introducing evidence-based processes into the planning and implementation of government reforms. The programme also works to strengthen civil society actors to engage in select economic and social policies in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan to improve the effectiveness of those policies through better use of data and evidence
Geography
The objective of the EGED programme is to improve the effectiveness, accountability, and transparency of economic policy implementation according to reform priorities in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
In 2023/2024, the EGED programme included Kazakhstan.
PILLAR 1
Effectiveness:
Systematic use of evidence by governments to design and deliver economic policies
Supporting governments to generate better data and evidence, use this data for policy design and implementation of priority economic reforms, improved coordination within government on policy implementation, and better engagement with citizens
PILLAR 2
Civil society participation: advocating for transparency and accountability of economic policies to improve their effectiveness
Support civil society (civil society organisations, expert groups, media, and other relevant stakeholders) to engage in select economic and social policies in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan to improve the effectiveness of those policies through better use of data and evidence
Thematic policy areas supported by the EGED programme
Effectivenes
- Support the enhancing of the evidence-based policy development in Central Asia through data literacy (Kazakhstan)
- Sub-national development (Kyrgyzstan)
- Monetary policy (Kyrgyzstan)
- Targeted social assistance (Tajikistan)
- Measuring poverty and middle class (Tajikistan)
- Improving the labour legislation (Uzbekistan)
- Carbon neutrality/ decarbonization (Uzbekistan)
- Improving the public procurement system (Uzbekistan)
- Transformation of state-owned enterprises (Uzbekistan)
- Public financial management assessment (including climate component) (Uzbekistan)
- Support to the Delivery Unit (Uzbekistan)
Regional Themes
- Elevate global access through e-commerce (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)
- Evidence for policy responses to climate change (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)
Analytics
- Listening to: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- Country Gender Assessment (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan)
Civil Society Participation
- Sub-national development (Kyrgyzstan)
- Women economic empowerment (Kyrgyzstan)
- Financial sustainability of civil society organisations (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan)
- Targeted social assistance (Tajikistan)
- Support to dialogue platform between the civil society and the government (Tajikistan)
- Public procurement monitoring (Uzbekistan)
- Labour standards compliance monitoring (Uzbekistan)
- Carbon neutrality decarbonization (Uzbekistan)
Media about the EGED Programme
