The International Anticorruption Agenda, Legal Culture, and Business Environment in Uzbekistan

This chapter aims to examine the impact of the international anticorruption agenda on the business and investment climate and legal culture in Uzbekistan. In undertaking this task, I specifically emphasise the daily life of anticorruption laws, policies, and agencies in Uzbekistan in order to understand how domestic institutions and actors perceive, interpret, negotiate, and challenge global anticorruption norms. These processes will be explored by drawing from interviews with key informants from the business and government sectors and by critically analysing Uzbekistan’s anticorruption legal framework and current public policy developments.