Kyrgyz Republic : Poverty in the 1990s in the Kyrgyz Republic
The study focuses on the high levels of
poverty in the Kyrgyz Republic, where the trend has been one
of increasing poverty in the last decade. The first chapter
reviews the economic situation, based on data sources,
particularly the household level data, collected by the
National Statistical Committee, which measure not only the
levels, and depth of poverty, but identifies the
determinants of poverty, and other social outcomes and
indicators as well. Economic growth dropped in the early
1990s, rose in 1996-97, and then fell in the wake of the
Russian financial crisis, with significant lower resources
available to the government. Furthermore, government
spending as a share of GDP maybe at unsustainable levels,
and may need to be reduced; this creates the dilemma that,
as poverty increases, the government has fewer resources to
provide assistance, and services. Chapter II presents an
overview of poverty, indicating extreme poverty affected
twenty three percent of the population, with a significant
shortfall in consumption. Chapters III and IV explore the
livelihoods of the poor, and issues affecting them, focused
on the lower levels in labor force participation by the
poor, the hidden differences in unemployment among the
welfare groups, and, limited employment opportunities.
Dissatisfaction concerning utilities, education, and health
is prevalent, where the poor pay a disproportionately high
share of total income (consumption) for services.
Conclusions, and recommendations are presented in Chapter V,
emphasizing on public spending policies targeting poverty,
through social assistance programs, all of which will
require sectoral reform, and rationalization of services.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
World Bank |
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
Washington, DC
2001-06
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| Subjects: | POVERTY ASSESSMENTS,
DATA SOURCES,
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS,
FINANCIAL CRISES,
HOUSEHOLD DATA,
TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY,
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES,
POVERTY INCIDENCE,
SOCIAL INDICATORS,
RESOURCE MOBILIZATION GAPS,
PUBLIC SPENDING,
STANDARD OF LIVING,
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION,
UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS,
WELFARE WORK PARTICIPATION,
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES,
PUBLIC UTILITY RATES,
EDUCATION SECTOR,
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY,
POLICY MAKING,
TARGETED ASSISTANCE,
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS,
SECTORAL REFORMS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR,
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS,
CDF,
CHRONIC ILLNESSES,
CONSUMPTION GROWTH,
CONSUMPTION PATTERNS,
CPI,
CURRENCY UNIT,
DEPENDENCY RATIO,
DEPENDENT VARIABLE,
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES,
ECONOMIC GROWTH,
ECONOMIC SITUATION,
ECONOMICS,
EDUCATION LEVEL,
EXCHANGE RATE,
EXPENDITURES,
EXTREME,
EXTREME POVERTY,
FINANCIAL CRISIS,
FOOD CONSUMPTION,
GDP,
GINI COEFFICIENT,
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES,
GROWTH RATES,
HEAD COUNT RATIO,
HEALTH CARE,
HEALTH SERVICES,
HEALTH STATUS,
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS,
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION,
HOUSEHOLD HEAD,
HOUSEHOLD INCOME,
HOUSEHOLD LABOR,
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL,
HOUSEHOLD SIZE,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS,
HUMAN CAPITAL,
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT,
ILLNESS,
INDEXATION,
INFLATION,
LABOR FORCE,
LABOR MARKET,
LABOR MARKETS,
LIVING CONDITIONS,
LIVING STANDARDS,
LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT,
LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT STUDY,
MEAN CONSUMPTION,
MEASURING POVERTY,
MEDICAL CARE,
MEDIUM TERM,
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS,
NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT,
NATIONAL POVERTY,
NATIONAL POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY,
NEGATIVE EFFECT,
POLICY CHANGES,
POLICY MAKERS,
POOR BENEFIT,
POOR CHILDREN,
POOR WOMEN,
POVERTY,
POVERTY ALLEVIATION,
POVERTY FOCUS,
POVERTY GAP,
POVERTY GROUP,
POVERTY INCREASES,
POVERTY LEVEL,
POVERTY LEVELS,
POVERTY LINE,
POVERTY LINES,
POVERTY MEASURE,
POVERTY MEASUREMENT,
POVERTY MONITORING,
POVERTY RATE,
POVERTY RATES,
POVERTY REDUCTION,
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS,
PUBLIC SECTOR,
QUALITATIVE DATA,
QUALITY OF LIFE,
RURAL AREAS,
RURAL COMMUNITIES,
RURAL POVERTY,
SAMPLE SIZE,
SECONDARY SCHOOLING,
SECTOR ACTIVITIES,
SERVICE PROVISION,
SERVICE SECTOR,
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT,
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT,
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE,
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE,
SOCIAL POLICY,
SOCIAL PROTECTION,
SOCIAL SERVICES,
SOCIAL SPENDING,
TECHNICAL INPUTS,
UNDERSTANDING POVERTY,
UNEMPLOYMENT,
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES,
URBAN AREA,
URBAN AREAS,
URBAN ONES,
URBAN POOR,
URBAN POPULATION,
URBAN POVERTY,
WAGE INCOME,
WAGES, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/06/1552061/kyrgyz-republic-poverty-1990s-kyrgyz-republic
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15496
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