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The goal of this report has been to
assist the Kyrgyz authorities in designing and implementing
their National Poverty Reduction Strategy (NPRS). An interim
report focusing on the relation between growth and poverty,
with detailed analysis o f transmission mechanisms in labor
market and agricultural sector was presented to the
authorities in August 2002. The interim report delivery was
driven by the schedule of NPRS preparation. This final
poverty assessment report expands the interim report by
addressing key additional issues in the links between
poverty and key public services such as energy, health,
education, and social protection. The process o f producing
this report has involved close collaboration with
Natstatcom, training Kyrgyz researchers on poverty analysis,
and commissioning eleven independent researchers to write
background papers on various aspects o f poverty in the
Kyrgyz Republic whose findings have been Incorporated
selectively in this report. Analysis in this report goes
through the year 2001, but collaborative work between the
Bank and Kyrgyz teams on poverty diagnostics and assessment
is an ongoing process.
