Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP28701 Document Date: JAN 14, 2020

Author: Yanina Briginets Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Uzbekistan has one of the lowest rates of internal migration in the world, leading to persistent economic imbalances. Drawing from a unique monthly panel survey called Listening to the Citizens of Uzbekistan and a survey experiment, this paper focuses on two factors that prevent domestic mobility: (i) restrictive propiska registration policies, and (ii) the exceptionally high cost of urban housing. ... See More + Registration rules prohibit migration to urban centers, and urban housing costs push up the cost of living to as much as 550 percent of the national average, levels severely unaffordable for almost all rural residents. But the proposed government reforms in 2019 to address these challenges are very popular. The results show that about 90 percent of people support lifting all registration restrictions and over 80 percent favor increasing urban housing construction. The results of the experiment show that reform popularity increases when propiska rules and housing costs are referenced in randomly assigned vignettes. However, views may also be sensitive to perceptions of fairness. Recent high-profile involuntary demolitions coincided with a doubling of the share responding that policies are unfair. The increase was further associated with declining optimism and lower support for the wider government national development program, beyond urbanization issues.  See Less -

Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9107 Document Date: JAN 13, 2020

Document also available in: English Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Project Information Document Report No.: PIDA27473 Document Date: JAN 09, 2020

Author: Bianchi Alves,Bianca Disclosure Status: Disclosed

ESS5 recognizes that project-related land acquisition and restrictions on land use can have adverse impacts on communities and persons. Project-related land acquisition or restrictions on land use may cause physical displacement (relocation, loss of residential land or loss of shelter), economic displacement (loss of land, assets or access to assets, leading to loss of income sources or other means of livelihood), or both. ... See More + The term “involuntary resettlement” refers to these impacts. Resettlement is considered involuntary when affected persons or communities do not have the right to refuse land acquisition or restrictions on land use that result in displacement.  See Less -

Document Type: Correspondence Report No.: 136583 Document Date: JAN 08, 2020

Document also available in: Russian, French, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP28394 Document Date: JAN 06, 2020

Author: Hamidou Said Ounais Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP28382 Document Date: JAN 05, 2020

Author: Bhaskar Jyoti Das Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR40057 Document Date: DEC 30, 2019

Author: Abdelwedoud,Brahim Ould Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Auditing Document Report No.: AUD0027036 Document Date: DEC 30, 2019

Author: Vemuri,Vinaya Vittal Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP28234 Document Date: DEC 26, 2019

Author: Yanina Briginets Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR39500 Document Date: DEC 25, 2019

Author: Rubiano Vargas,Diana Marcela Disclosure Status: Disclosed