Regional Welfare Disparities in the Kyrgyz Republic

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dc.creatorAtamanov, Aziz
dc.date2013-12-30T23:16:19Z
dc.date2013-12-30T23:16:19Z
dc.date2013-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:02:24Z
dc.descriptionKyrgyz Republic is an interesting case to study welfare disparities because of pronounced and long existed differences across various regions, rural, and urban areas of the country in spite of economic growth and overall poverty reduction (World Bank 2011). For instance urban poverty stood at 31 percent versus 40 percent in rural areas in 2011 (national statistical committee). The welfare disparities are particularly striking between the growing capital Bishkek and the other regions. Thus, for example, the poverty in the Naryn region is 50 percent versus 18 percent in the capital. The main goal of this paper is to analyze regional disparities in the Kyrgyz Republic by quantifying and separating the gap in welfare disparities in 2011 into two parts: the first part associated with observable characteristics of households and the second part associated with differences in marginal returns to these characteristics (potentially related to geographic factors). Welfare disparities are analyzed between and within the regions. In addition, the role of returns and characteristics in explaining welfare disparities both at the mean and across the distribution using oaxaca-blinder decomposition and its extensions is quantified. The proposed research is an important source of empirical evidence testing the propositions from the new economic geography. This is also the first empirical paper aimed at explaining regional welfare disparities in a country from the Central Asian region where the urban rural gap is an important component of inequality. The paper is structured as follows: it starts from the background information describing welfare disparities, economic growth and structural differences across different areas. The third section briefly discusses the methodology. The results of the decomposition are presented and discussed in the fourth section. The fifth section concludes.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17568244/kyrgyz-republic-regional-welfare-disparities
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/16455
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/16455
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/414553
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectACCESS TO MARKETS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectCONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subjectDECLINE IN POVERTY
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDISPARITIES BETWEEN REGIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC STRUCTURE
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT STATUS
dc.subjectENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectHEADCOUNT RATIO
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectLAGGING REGIONS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPOLICY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOVERTY ANALYSIS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROSPEROUS REGIONS
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOODS
dc.subjectREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectREGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectREGIONAL DISPARITIES
dc.subjectREGIONAL DUMMIES
dc.subjectREGIONAL INEQUALITY
dc.subjectREGIONAL WELFARE
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL GAP
dc.subjectRURAL INEQUALITY
dc.subjectRURAL RESIDENTS
dc.subjectRURAL WORKERS
dc.subjectSELF-EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSTANDARD ERRORS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWELFARE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATOR
dc.titleRegional Welfare Disparities in the Kyrgyz Republic

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