Shavkat Mirziyoyev: Uzbekistan cut poverty rate from 35% to 8.9% in eight years
Over the past eight years, more than 7 million people in Uzbekistan have been lifted out of poverty, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said at the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union held in Tashkent.

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He emphasized that ensuring social protection and access to quality services based on international standards and norms is more relevant today than ever before.
According to the president, Uzbekistan has made the comprehensive protection of its population a top policy priority, implementing the national program titled “From Poverty to Prosperity.”
“In the past eight years, over 7 million people in our country have been lifted out of poverty. The poverty rate has dropped from 35% to 8.9%. This year, we aim to reduce it further to 6%,” said Mirziyoyev.
He also extended an invitation to parliamentary representatives to actively participate in an international conference on poverty reduction, which will be hosted by Uzbekistan this September.
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