Uzbek Political Change Lags as Economy Opens Up

Nonetheless, foreign investors see opportunity

By: Yigal Chazan

Uzbekistan has come a long way since the demise of its former authoritarian leader Islam Karimov just over three and a half years ago. For much of his repressive, isolationist rule, most foreign investors gave the country a wide berth.

But a wave of reforms implemented by Karimov’s successor Shavkat Mirziyoyev has driven a foreign direct…