Market Accessibility and Regional Maps : Kyrgyz Republic

Access to markets is argued to have a significant role in development. In order to quantify the access of places to markets, policy makers are showing increasing interest in accessibility indicators (Yoshida and Deichmann 2009). This paper seeks to examine the spatial relationship of access to market in the Kyrgyz Republic using a recent census and household survey in order to identify possible linkages with rates of poverty and other micro (spatial) information. This analysis uses the market accessibility index that measures the potential connectivity of population or expenditures between village/towns and big cities via the transport network. Results show that high market accessibility is located near the large cities with a concentration of infrastructure, while low access is more in the rural areas. Future work will use this indicator in economic models to statistical identify its significance with regards to per capita expenditure and poverty.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Blankespoor, Brian
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-04-01
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKET, ACCESS TO MARKETS, ACCESS TO SERVICES, ACCESSIBILITY, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME, BANK MARKET, BIG CITIES, BORDER CROSSING, BORDER CROSSINGS, BRIDGE, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CAPITAL REGION, CENTRAL REGION, COMMERCE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL PRACTICES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DUMMY VARIABLE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, ECONOMIC STATUS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, EXPENDITURES, EXTREME POVERTY, FAMILY MEMBERS, FARMERS, GLOBAL MARKET, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH WORKERS, HIGH SPEED RAIL, HOSPITAL, HOUSEHOLD BUDGET, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, ILLNESS, ILLNESSES, IMPORTANCE OF POPULATION, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL BORDERS, LAGGING REGIONS, LAND USE, LARGE CITIES, LARGE POPULATION, LEGAL STATUS, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIVE BIRTH, LIVE BIRTHS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOW WAGES, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET SIZE, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, MICRO DATA, MIGRATION, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MOBILITY, MOUNTAINOUS AREAS, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, NURSES, PARASITIC DISEASES, POLICY MAKERS, POOR HEALTH, POPULATION DATA, POPULATION INFORMATION, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY MAP, POVERTY MAPPING, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PROGRAMMATIC POVERTY ASSESSMENT, REGIONAL AREAS, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL DISPARITIES, REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, REGIONAL GROWTH, REGIONAL SCIENCE, REGIONAL STUDIES, REGIONAL TRADE, REMITTANCES, REMOTE AREAS, RETURNS, ROAD, ROAD CATEGORIES, ROAD INFORMATION, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROADS, ROUTES, RURAL AREAS, RURAL ROADS, SANITATION, SEASONAL CONDITIONS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY LEVELS OF EDUCATION, SEX, SOCIAL SERVICES, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, SPATIAL PATTERN, SPATIAL PATTERNS, SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS, SPILLOVER, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TOLLS, TOTAL POVERTY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT EXPENDITURE, TRANSPORT NETWORK, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, TRANSPORTATION DATA, TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS, TRAVEL SPEED, TRAVEL TIME, TREASURY, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, VEGETABLES, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17570566/kyrgyz-republic-market-accessibility-regional-maps https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16486
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