OPEN DATA AS A DRIVER FOR GREEN INVESTMENT IN UZBEKISTAN: A LEGAL AND POLICY PERSPECTIVE ON THE GLOBAL RIGHT TO INFORMATION RATING INDEX

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  • Nigorakhon Khalilova Doctoral Student of Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Аннотация

Uzbekistan aims to scale up green-investment flows, yet investors continue to apply a transparency premium to local projects. This study explores how stronger access-to-information rules affect financing costs by analyzing three international openness benchmarks— the Right-to-Information (RTI) Rating, the Open Data Inventory (ODIN) and the UN E-Government Development Index (EGDI)—and by applying a scenario-based cost model derived from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Environmental, Social, and Governance Bonds (ESG-Bond) framework. The findings confirm that incremental gains in RTI performance translate into materially lower borrowing rates for green projects. To unlock this benefit, the paper recommends a three-pillar reform agenda: targeted legal amendments, a dedicated open-data coordination body and a modernized, API-
driven data.gov.uz platform. Collectively, these measures would strengthen transparency, reduce capital costs and accelerate Uzbekistan’s transition to a sustainable economy.

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Опубликован

2025-07-01