Economic reforms in Kyrgyzstan

The paper analyzes self-reported measures of satisfaction with life in a transition country, Kyrgyzstan, using 1993 household survey data. The authors test whether higher levels of satisfaction are associated with greater economic wellbeing. This hypothesis is strongly supported by the data. Unhappiness is prevalent among older people, the unemployed, and those who are divorced. There appears to be little correlation between happiness and either gender or education level. There is some evidence that income relativities, as measured by perceived position on the wealth ladder, also have a strong effect on life satisfaction.

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“…3. Aspects of the early transition in Kyrgyzstan, and the resulting poverty, are discussed in Dabrowski et al (1995) and Howell (1996). 4.…”

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Happiness and Transition: the Case of Kyrgyzstan

Namazie

Sanfey

2001

Review Development Economics

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“…During the Soviet Union period, the main agricultural economic activities of Kyrgyzstan were controlled by state farms, which were the important livestock and agricultural suppliers of the Soviet Union. After Kyrgyzstan gained its independence in 1991, the planned economy transformed into a market economy, the state farms were demolished, and land and livestock were privatized (Dabrowski et al, 1995).…”

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Impact of socio-economic and environmental factors on livestock production in Kyrgyzstan

Yang

Wang

Zhang

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Livestock husbandry is a key indicator of economic development, environmental protection, and food security in the world, which is vulnerable to environmental changes and economic shocks. In our study on Kyrgyzstan, we quantified the effects of socio-economic and environmental factors on the dynamics of livestock sales, self-consumption, and inventory from 2006 to 2020 using a two-period livestock production model and spatial panel model. The results showed that from 2006 to 2020, more than 50% livestock were stocked annually, which means that herders in Kyrgyzstan preferred to preserve their animals as assets to deal with unknown risks. Additionally, to gain greater profit, Kyrgyz herdsmen would expand or downsize their livestock business, tailor self-consumption, and manage inventory based on the livestock market price, loan on livestock, non-herding income, and its current stock. Our study found that the development of animal husbandry in seven oblasts of Kyrgyzstan had spatial spillover effects, which indicated that the dynamics of the animal husbandry market and environment not only affected the scale of local animal husbandry but also had an important impact on adjacent oblasts. Our research contributes to ensuring the income for herdsmen and the sustainable development of animal husbandry, thereby promoting high-quality economic development in developing countries with animal husbandry as a pillar industry.

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“…Kyrgyzstan has itself had a history of economic and political instability. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the establishment of Kyrgyzstan as an independent state in 1991, the country has gone through a series of social and economic ebbs and flows, including rapid agricultural reform and two political uprisings (Anderson and Pomfret 2000;Dabrowski et al 1995;Muktarbek Kyzy, Seyitov, and Jenish 2015). The country's continued connections to Russia's economy through formal political agreements, labour migration, and remittance money make it particularly vulnerable to economic shocks.…”

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Remittances and household spending strategies: evidence from the Life in Kyrgyzstan Study, 2011–2013

Wang

Hagedorn

Chi

2019

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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Globalised labour migration and remittances can help alleviate household poverty and provide supplemental income in many countries. Kyrgyzstan, like other Central Asian countries, has experienced dramatic geopolitical changes, economic reform, and rapid demographic shifts in the post-Soviet-Union era. Based on measurements of GDP, it is one of the most remittancedependent countries in the world. This study uses data from the Life in Kyrgyzstan Study collected from 2011 to 2013 to break down household budgets into eight consumption categories as part of a detailed analysis of how varying remittance receipt is related to household spending. We address two methodological concerns: (1) the endogeneity of remittances and (2) population heterogeneity. In so doing, we find remittances have limited effects on household spendingwhile changes in remittances do yield small changes on the budget shares of food and medical expenses, no effects were found on other consumption shares. These results suggest that households in Kyrgyzstan may take remittances as permanent income and proportionally alter consumption shares along with changes in remittances. By focusing on a country whose GDP relies heavily on remittances, the findings increase our understanding of how remittances affect spending at the household level.

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Economic reforms in Kyrgyzstan

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Happiness and Transition: the Case of Kyrgyzstan

Happiness and Transition: the Case of Kyrgyzstan

Impact of socio-economic and environmental factors on livestock production in Kyrgyzstan

Remittances and household spending strategies: evidence from the Life in Kyrgyzstan Study, 2011–2013

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