World Bank2012-06-222012-06-222005-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8813This report examines poverty issues in the Kyrgyz Republic, focusing on three areas. First, it provides a summary of the trends in poverty over the period 2000-2003 by drawing upon comparable data from the Household Budget Surveys from those years. Second, based upon the Kyrgyz Integrated Household Survey (KIHS ) it presents the new estimates of absolute and extreme poverty by applying updated poverty analysis methodology. Third, the report provides a profile of the poor in order to determine whether with the changes in survey instruments and sampling, there have been any major changes in the composition and location of the poor. It is organized with: an overview of the main social and infrastructure indictors of the Kyrgyz Republic against other Europe and Central Asia countries; a review of the changes in poverty over time; and an updated poverty profile using the KIHS data. Annexes both present the methodology and elaborate on methodological and statistical topicsen-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTUREACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESAGGREGATE POVERTYBASIC HUMAN NEEDSBASIC INFRASTRUCTURECHANGESCHANGES IN POVERTYCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATESCLEAN DRINKING WATERCOMPARATOR COUNTRIESCONSUMPTIONCONSUMPTION AGGREGATECONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES PER CAPITACONSUMPTION PER CAPITACONSUMPTION POVERTYDECLINE IN POVERTYDEMAND FOR SERVICESDETERMINANT OF POVERTYDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDISTRIBUTION CHANGEECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PROGRESSEDUCATIONEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELDERLYENERGY CONSUMPTIONENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYESTIMATES OF POVERTYEXCHANGE RATEEXPENDITURESEXTERNAL SHOCKSEXTREME POVERTYFINANCIAL CRISISFOOD BASKETFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD EXPENDITURESFOOD GOODSFOOD INTAKEFOOD REQUIREMENTSGDPGENDER DISPARITIESGINI COEFFICIENTGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS NATIONAL INCOMEGROWTH ELASTICITYGROWTH IMPACTHEADCOUNT RATIOHEALTHHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE SYSTEMHIGH POVERTYHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES ON FOODHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN NEEDSHUMAN WELFAREIMPACT ON HEALTHIMPACT ON POVERTYIMPORTANT POLICYINADEQUATE FOODINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME LEVELSINCOME POVERTYINDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIONINEQUALITYINEQUALITY MEASURESINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFANT MORTALITY RATESINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINEINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINESINVESTMENT CLIMATELABOR MARKETLAND REFORMSLEVEL OF POVERTYLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLIVE BIRTHSLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSLOW INCOMELOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMALNUTRITIONMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATESMEASURING POVERTYMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POVERTYNATURAL DISASTERSNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDSOBLAST LEVELOBLAST POVERTY RATESPER CAPITAPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY MAKERSPOORPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR LIVINGPOTABLE WATERPOVERTYPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY DATAPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY GAP INDEXPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY ISSUESPOVERTY LEVELPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY SEVERITYPOVERTY SITUATIONPOVERTY UPDATEPOWER OUTAGESPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRO-POORPRO-POOR GROWTHPROGRESSPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYQUALITY OF EDUCATIONREDISTRIBUTION POLICIESREDUCED POVERTYREDUCTION IN POVERTYREDUCTION OF POVERTYREGIONAL DISTRIBUTIONRURALRURAL AREARURAL AREASRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POPULATIONSRURAL POVERTYRURAL SECTORSSANITATIONSCHOOLINGSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY ENROLLMENTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATESSECONDARY SCHOOLSHARP FALLSOCIAL SERVICESSQUARED POVERTY GAPSQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEXSTANDARD DEVIATIONTARGETINGTERTIARY EDUCATIONTRANSITION ECONOMIESTRANSPORTATIONTUBERCULOSISUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATESURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERSURBAN POORURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POVERTYVULNERABILITYWELFARE MEASURESWORKER PRODUCTIVITYYOUNG CHILDRENKyrgyz Republic : Poverty Update, Profile of Living Standards in 2003World Bank10.1596/8813