Investment in Uzbek economy: Uzbekistan’s GDP grew by over 8%, last year, while $14.6bn was invested in the country’s economy, a 10.9% increase in 2013. Production of industrial goods increased by 8.3%, agricultural products by 6.9% and capital construction by 10.9%. A total of 154 major industrial facilities worth $4.2bn were commissioned in the 12-month period, President Islam Karimov told his cabinet last week. Times of Central Asia