Human Opportunities in the Kyrgyz Republic

The Kyrgyz Republic has made some progress in improving its poverty and social indicators but the gains have been fragile and significant disparities remain within the country. The slowdown in economic growth in 2009 and the resulting uptick in pov...

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Main Authors:	Tiwari, Sailesh, Mitra, Shabana
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO COMPUTERS ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO HOUSEHOLD ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION ACCESS TO SANITATION ADEQUATE EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION BASIC HEALTH BLUEPRINT CARIBBEAN REGION CHILD MALNUTRITION CITIZEN CITIZENS CLEAN DRINKING WATER CLEAN WATER COMPLETION RATES CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DRINKING WATER EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY CHILDHOOD YEARS EARLY YEARS OF LIFE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC PROSPERITY ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION SECTOR ENROLLMENT RATE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY EQUITABLE ACCESS EXCLUSION EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALE FEMALE CHILDREN FOOD PRICES GENDER GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT HIGHER INEQUALITY HIV/AIDS HOME HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN POTENTIAL ILLNESS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITIES INEQUITIES INTERVENTIONS JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEARNING LEVEL OF EDUCATION LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MATERNAL MORTALITY MEDICAL ATTENTION MEDICAL CARE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MOTHER NATIONAL LEVEL NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS POLITICAL TURMOIL POOR HEALTH POORER REGIONS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETION PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLING PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING REGIONAL AVERAGE REGIONAL DIMENSIONS REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL REPORTS REGIONAL TERMS RESIDENCE RESIGNATION ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL CHILDREN SAFE WATER SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECTORAL POLICIES SERVICES FOR CHILDREN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIETIES SOCIETY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPATIAL CORRELATION SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPOUSE STUDENT ASSESSMENT TEACHERS TEACHING TELEVISION TERTIARY EDUCATION TUBERCULOSIS TV URBAN AREAS URBAN BIAS VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE GROUPS WILL YOUNG CHILDREN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/751691468045076119/Human-opportunities-in-the-Kyrgyz-Republic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26740

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Summary:	The Kyrgyz Republic has made some progress in improving its poverty and social indicators but the gains have been fragile and significant disparities remain within the country. The slowdown in economic growth in 2009 and the resulting uptick in poverty underscored the susceptibility of the economy to external shocks. In this report, author's tackle the issue of inequality in the Kyrgyz Republic by framing it along the notion of equity as opposed to equality. The reason for doing so is that it is easier to galvanize social consensus and policy action when the overarching principle guiding policy is fairness in the allocation and access to opportunities as opposed to equality of outcomes. A girl born in a remote village in the oblast of Naryn to a single, uneducated mother with four other siblings ought to have the same shot at becoming a doctor or an engineer as a boy with one sibling, born in an educated, two-parent household in Bishkek. Basic opportunities are defined as subset of goods and services for children, such as access to education, safe water on site, or reliable electricity that are critical in determining opportunities for economic advancement in life. These are either already affordable by society at large or could be in the near future, given the available technology. Opportunities among children are measured in this report by the Human Opportunity Index (HOI), which is the coverage rate of a particular basic service adjusted by how equitably the service is distributed among groups differentiated by circumstances. In discounting inequitable access, the HOI reflects how personal circumstances- for which the children cannot be held accountable-affect their basic opportunities. The key finding of this report is that the goal of equal opportunity remains distant in the Kyrgyz Republic: a child's circumstances such as her parents' socioeconomic status, region of residence, whether it is urban and rural etc. have a substantial bearing on the extent to which certain services are available to her. Similarly, opportunities pertaining to a healthy start in life adequate access to household infrastructure and amenities that ensure a stable, safe and stimulating childhood also have strong regional dimensions with entire regions being underserved. Finally, what this report has done is taken a snapshot of the distribution of opportunities in the Kyrgyz Republic for a particular year.

Human Opportunities in the Kyrgyz Republic

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