Termez State University

Economic freedom, energy transition, and environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa: assessing the region’s load capacity factor and ecological footprint

Energy transition has been touted as a viable solution to mitigate the menace of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, this study argues that energy transition is necessary but not sufficient in the absence of inclusivity and economic freedom, which guarantees prop...

A genomic resource for a hidden endemic: the complete chloroplast genome of Allium aktauense from Uzbekistan

<ns5:p> <ns5:italic>Allium aktauense</ns5:italic> is a narrow endemic species from the Aktau Range in the Nurotau Mountains, Western Pamir-Alay, where it grows in rocky limestone crevices. Genomic resources for this species have not previously been available, limiting molecular u...

Socio-Economic Inequality, Social Infrastructure, and Quality of Life in Central Asia: The Roles of Digital Infrastructure and Structural Transformation

This study investigates the long-run relationship between socio-economic inequality, public service provision, infrastructure development, structural transformation, and quality of life in Central Asia, focusing on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan over the 2000–...