Uzbekistan is moving fast to modernise how it supports its most vulnerable citizens, with a two‑year overhaul that is already reshaping daily life for tens of thousands of families.
Since 2023, the Central Asian country has pulled dozens of previously scattered welfare, disability, and anti‑poverty schemes into a single structure under the National Agency for Social Protection (NASP). Officials say that merging services under one digital backbone is starting to deliver faster help, clearer accountability, and a focus on outcomes rather than paperwork.
