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The paper investigates determinants of
civic participation in local budget processes in rural areas
in the Kyrgyz Republic by using data from the Life in
Kyrgyzstan survey, conducted in 2012. The analysis of the
data suggests that although civic awareness and interest in
local budget processes is relatively high, the participation
rate in local budgeting processes is low. The paper also
shows that interest, awareness, and participation are
positively associated with the age, education, employment,
risk-taking attitudes, trust, and social capital of
respondents. The paper documents that unawareness and lack
of participation are largely related to being female, of
non-Kyrgyz ethnic origin, inactive in the labor market,
recent internal migrants, and residents of communities with
poor infrastructure.
