Breaking With the Past. Conflicts of Interest and Transparency in Mirziyoyev's Uzbekistan

Since its transition from the Soviet Union, Uzbekistan’s government has cautiously developed a market based economy. It has been a politically overdetermined process, with little transparency or independent oversight. Business entities tied to influential political patrons or possessing powerful shadow owners, have enjoyed preferential access to state aid and market opportunities, while being largely exempt from state administered extortion rackets endured by competitors.