World practice shows that mediation is an effective way for out-of-court settlement of disputes with minimum waste of time and finances. It is noteworthy that the world-famous Doing Business rating has a subcomponent of “Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)”, where mediation occupies a prominent place.

In this regard within the joint ‘Rule of Law Partnership in Uzbekistan’ project of the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and UNDP, an Overview of the experience of 5 top countries on mediation according to the Doing Business rating was developed.

The study includes an assessment of the experience in introducing and developing mediation in China, Germany, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Singapore, including an analysis of the measures taken (legislative, institutional, etc.) that allowed selected countries to score maximum for one of the subcomponents of the Alternative dispute resolution index.

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