Uzbek Authorities Aim to Reduce Poverty Levels
According to UzDaily.uz, Uzbekistan plans to reduce its poverty rate to 4.5% by 2026. Since the beginning of 2025, the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.9% (compared to 5.5% last year), and 302,000 families have been lifted out of poverty. By the end of 2025, the overall poverty rate is expected to drop to 6% (down from 8.9% in 2024). In a number of districts, the number of low-income families has decreased by 4.5 times, and 1,435 mahallas have for the first time received the status of "poverty-free territories."
To achieve the 2026 target, comprehensive development across five sectors is planned: construction, services, industry, agriculture, and social protection. The plans include the implementation of investment projects, the development of tourism infrastructure, the production of goods worth $52 billion, the allocation of 232,000 hectares of land for agriculture, and the launch of the "Equal Opportunities – Inclusive Employment" project to provide jobs for 40,000 people with disabilities.
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A Unified Registry of Collective Agreements Should Be Established in the CIS
A unified registry of collective agreements in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will enable the regulation of labor relations at a cross-border level, according to the General Confederation of Trade Unions. The proposal by GCTU to include the creation of such a registry in the draft Plan of Activities for the Year of Social Development and Quality of Life in the CIS was approved by participants of the working group of the Advisory Council on Labor, Employment, and Social Protection of the Population of the CIS Member States. The working group meeting took place today at the CIS Executive Committee in Minsk, using video conferencing.
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Nominal Wages in the CIS Show Steady Growth
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan lead with the highest growth rates
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have recorded the highest growth in nominal average wages in the CIS, with increases of 27.5% and 20.3%, respectively, compared to the first half of last year.
Experts from the GCTU analyzed wage data in the CIS, published in the latest report Socio-Economic Situation of the CIS Countries in the First Half of 2026 by the CIS Statistical Committee.
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Belarusian Trade, Consumer Cooperation and Entrepreneurship Workers' Union Turns 95
The Trade, Consumer Cooperation and Entrepreneurship Workers' Union of the Republic of Belarus celebrated its 95th anniversary on July 31. Today, the union unites over 143,000 industry workers across the country, with 1,681 primary trade union organizations. The union reliably protects the rights of industry workers in the Republic and actively operates on the international stage as part of the International Confederation of Trade Unions of Workers in Trade, Catering, Consumer Cooperation, and Various Forms of Entrepreneurship.