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 Kyrgyzstan Economy
Initially, these were a result of the breakup of the Soviet trading bloc and resulting loss of markets, which impeded the republic's transition to a free market economy.
The Kyrgyz Republic's economy was severely affected by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the resulting loss of its vast market.
Agricultural processing is a key component of the industrial economy, as well as one of the most attractive sectors for foreign investment.
www.traveldocs.com /kg/economy.htm   (670 words)

  
  Kyrgyzstan ECONOMY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kyrgyzstan is among the poorest of the post-Soviet countries.
As part of this change, the Ministry of Economy and Finance was established to assume the fiscal and economic planning duties previously carried out separately by the Ministry of Finance and the State Planning Committee.
In May 1993, Kyrgyzstan was the first country of the CIS countries to announce the introduction of its own currency, the som.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Asia-and-Oceania/Kyrgyzstan-ECONOMY.html   (380 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan - Search View - MSN Encarta
Kyrgyzstan, officially Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyz Respublikasy), landlocked republic in the eastern part of Central Asia that is bordered on the north by Kazakhstan, on the east by China, on the south by China and Tajikistan, and on the west by Uzbekistan.
After Kyrgyzstan gained independence, many Russians and some other ethnic minorities chose to leave the country, mainly out of concern that their civil rights were not sufficiently protected in the face of Kyrgyz nationalism.
Kyrgyzstan is widely seen as one of the leaders among the former Soviet republics in economic reform.
encarta.msn.com /text_761565190__1/Kyrgyzstan.html   (5607 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous country in the Tian Shan and Pamir systems, rising to 24,409 ft (7,440 m) at Pobeda Peak on the Chinese border.
Kyrgyzstan was the first of the Central Asian republics to acquire democratic institutions.
Kyrgyzstan subsequently became a member of the Russian-dominated Commonwealth of Independent States, and a new consitutution was approved.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-kyrgyzst.html   (1392 words)

  
 Economy - Kyrgyzstan - Asia
Beginning in the mid-1990s, however, the economy began to reverse its decline, led by increased agricultural output and a growing private sector.
Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, China, and the United Kingdom are Kyrgyzstan’s chief purchasers of exports.
Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan agreed in 1996 to form a customs union to simplify trade by reducing restrictions on cross-border shipments.
www.countriesquest.com /asia/kyrgyzstan/economy.htm   (794 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan - ECONOMY
This disparity was largely because Kyrgyzstan lacked the diversified natural resources and processing infrastructure that enable a national economy to survive the shutdown of some sectors by shifting labor and other inputs to new areas of production.
Kyrgyzstan's largest role in the Soviet economy was as a supplier of minerals, especially antimony (in which the republic had a near monopoly), mercury, lead, and zinc.
Kazakstan's coal is preferred because the heaviest demand in Kyrgyzstan is concentrated in the north, and Kyrgyzstan's remaining coal mines are in the south, from which transportation is problematic.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/kyrgyzstan/ECONOMY.html   (4637 words)

  
 Economy of Kyrgyzstan
Agriculture is an important sector of the economy in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Kyrgyzstan is a poor, mountainous country with a predominantly agricultural economy.
Kyrgyzstan was the first CIS country to be accepted into the World Trade Organization.
infotut.com /geography/Kyrgyzstan/Economy   (1379 words)

  
 CORRUPTION IN THE PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT SECTORS
The economy of Kyrgyzstan (the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic) was largely depended on the integrated Soviet economy, which functioned under the dirigisme regime of piatilietkas (five year plans) commanded by the Gosplan (state planning committee).
Since Kyrgyzstan has become largely an agricultural society and more than 60 percent of the population currently lives in rural areas, it is important to examine the development of the private agricultural sector.
For example, the average percent of informal economy in the OECD countries was 18 percent of GNP (N=16), Switzerland, with 8.8 percent, having the lowest share of the shadow economy.
www.umsl.edu /~mk6c3/paper/corruptionkg.html   (5306 words)

  
 Economy of Kyrgyzstan Summary
The economy of Kyrgyzstan was severely affected by the collapse of the Soviet trading block.
With respect to Kyrgyzstan's potential for mining and energy extraction, the Republic is rich in mineral resources but has negligible petroleum and natural gas reserves.
Kyrgyzstan exports antimony, mercury, rare-earth metals, and other chemical products to the U.S., and it imports grain, medicine and medical equipment, vegetable oil, paper products, rice, machinery, agricultural equipment, and meat from the U.S. The Kyrgyzstan Government has reduced expenditures, ended most price subsidies, and introduced a value added tax.
www.bookrags.com /Economy_of_Kyrgyzstan   (2009 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan (10/01)
While Kyrgyzstan was initially determined to stay in the ruble zone, the stringent conditions set forth by the Russian Government prompted Kyrgyzstan to introduce its own currency, the som, in May 1993.
Kyrgyzstan's withdrawal from the ruble zone was done with little prior notification and initially caused tensions in the region.
Kyrgyzstan has advanced quickly in the area of democratic reform; however, recent setbacks in democratization have caused serious concern IIN the United States and make it difficult to expand relations to areas outside of security and the economy.
www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/k/19356.htm   (2468 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
Kyrgyzstan's constitutional court has ruled that 1,270 sq km ceded to China in a 2000 delimitation agreement were legally transferred; delimitation with Kazakhstan is largely complete with only minor disputed areas; disputes in Isfara Valley delay completion of delimitation with Tajikistan; serious disputes with Uzbekistan around Uzbek enclaves mar progress on delimitation efforts.
Kyrgyzstan (formerly Kirghizia) is a rugged country with the Tien Shan mountain range covering approximately 95% of the whole territory.
Kyrgyzstan borders Kazakhstan on the north and northwest, Uzbekistan in the southwest, Tajikistan in the south, and China in the southeast.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107698.html   (939 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan Economy 1995 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
Its economy is heavily agricultural, producing cotton and tobacco on irrigated land in the south, grain in the foothills of the north, and sheep and goats on mountain pastures.
Kyrgyzstan's inflation was high in 1993, about 23% per month, but rates were declining at the end of the year.
Kyrgyzstan introduced its national currency, the som, in May 1993, it has privatized 28% of its former state assets, and plans call for a massive voucher privatization in 1994.
www.theodora.com /wfb/1995/kyrgyzstan/kyrgyzstan_economy.html   (452 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan - Gurupedia
Kyrgyzstan (Кыргызстан) is a country in Central Asia.
Kyrgyzstan was annexed by the Russian Empire in 1864; it achieved independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Kyrgyzstan is a small, poor, mountainous country with a predominantly agricultural economy.
www.gurupedia.com /k/ky/kyrgyzstan.htm   (299 words)

  
 Cbonds.Info : Proportion of shadow economy in Kyrgyzstan is 53% of GDP
Cbonds.Info : Proportion of shadow economy in Kyrgyzstan is 53% of GDP
Proportion of shadow economy in Kyrgyzstan is 53% of GDP
At the presentation held on December 15, it was announced that share of shadow economy in Kyrgyzstan is close to indices of the transient economies in the Central Asian region and at present moment it totals 53% of the GDP, or 60 bln soms.
www.cbonds.info /eng/news/index.phtml/params/id/358099   (206 words)

  
 Gateway to Land and Water Information: Kyrgizstan national report
In the north Kyrgyzstan borders on Kazakhstan, in the south-east and east on China.
The capital of Kyrgyzstan is Bishkek with the population.
Snow cover within the limits of Kyrgyzstan is determined by distribution of precipitation, length of cold period, peculiarities of radiation background, and wind redistribution.
www.fao.org /ag/agl/swlwpnr/reports/y_nr/z_kg/kg.htm   (7763 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan's Neighbors Ready to Help
(In Kyrgyzstan with a 5 million population annual GDP is $2 billion, while in the 15 million Kazakhstan it is $37 billion.) Now pride has given way to concern.
The change of political thinking in the capitals of the neighboring countries is that regional cooperation should be intensified to avert common dangers, the character of which has been clearly shown by the events in Kyrgyzstan.
The threats to the security of Kyrgyzstan directly concern both China, which has a common border with Kyrgyzstan, and Russia, as it fears a disaster in the whole of the region, which begins southeast of its borders with Kazakhstan.
nyjtimes.com /cover/04-06-05/KyrgyzstanNeighborsReadyToHelp.htm   (745 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz and Russian: Кыргызстан, variously transliterated, also Kirgizia or Kirghizia), officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a country in Central Asia.
Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country in Central Asia, bordering Kazakhstan, China, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Kyrgyzstan is the only one of the five former Soviet republics in Central Asia to retain Russian as an official language.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kyrgyzstan   (2993 words)

  
 RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE - Kyrgyzstan
A successful transition to a market economy in Kyrgyzstan depends in large part on the implementation of reforms in the agricultural sector and in rural areas.
In the mountainous north, wheat is the primary commercial crop grown on the 887,000 hectares of arable land in the region.
In 1992, RDI undertook its first round of major fieldwork in Kyrgyzstan, and provided detailed advice on needed reforms in the rural land sector to the policy-making levels of the Kyrgyz government, most of which has been accepted and acted upon in an effort that has spanned the subsequent years.
www.rdiland.org /OURWORK/OurWork_Kyrgyzstan.html   (1140 words)

  
 RIA Novosti - Opinion & analysis - LESSONS OF KYRGYZSTAN
The past events in Kyrgyzstan and possible future developments in that country and its neighbors pose tough questions, first, before the governments of Central Asian countries; secondly, before Russia and China that play a significant role in maintaining stability in the region; and finally, before the rest of the world.
According to expert of the Institute of CIS countries Andrei Rogozin, the economy of Kyrgyzstan consists of several enterprises that belong to relatives of the former president, international aid agencies controlled by the same people, and a few wholesale markets distributing goods manufactured in China around the rest of Central Asia.
Those who assumed that all money flows in Kyrgyzstan were in reliable hands were surprised to find out that the criminal component of the economy played the key role in the current events.
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 kyrgyzstan map and map of kyrgyzstan information page
The majority of the modern citizens in Kyrgyzstan are descendants of nomadic Turkic peoples that roamed Central Asia for centuries, and to this day, most prefer to live in the rural areas, and who can blame them.
Today the economy of Kyrgyzstan still revolves around agricultural, however, modern manufacturing methods and tourism are slowly on the increase.
Attractions Kyrgyzstan is a remote and enigmatic country to most, yet one filled with exotic points-of-interest and striking mountain scenery.
www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/asia/kg.htm   (724 words)

  
 kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net » Economic theatre of Kyrgyzstan. Backstage.
The procedure seems to be normal: IMF experts would show up in Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz bureaucrats would present them formal reports and economic programs and the mission would leave the country satisfied, probably marking some remarks on the slight progress and promising future for cooperation in the years ahead.
According to analysts the figures of the shadow economy in Kyrgyzstan equal the figures of the official.
According to statistics the practices of shadow economy are widely spread in such spheres as trade, services of different kinds, tourism industry, etc. Predictably enough, shadow economy spurs corruption that is sometimes is appreciated and supported by businessmen themselves.
kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net /?p=85   (680 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan, a new emerging economy
The poverty rate in Kyrgyzstan is expected to drop by 5 per cent by 2005, President Askar Akayev said on 6th September, Interfax News Agency has reported.
Kyrgyzstan is well on track with China in terms of trade relations.
US Plenipotentiary Ambassador in Kyrgyzstan, John O'Keefe, noted that investment-attractive projects were in the sector of power and the aircraft service.
www.newnations.com /archive/2002/October/kg.html   (1368 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan News.Net
Kyrgyzstan News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
This particular portal features all the latest breaking Kyrgyzstan news, collating headlines and stories from a variety of sources, including global TV networks, major newspapers, news wires, and our own dedicated journalists.
Links to Kyrgyzstan sports sites, and a regional map are also features of our site, and we regularly provide polls of general interest.
www.kyrgyzstannews.net   (943 words)

  
 America Has Lost Kyrgyzstan
The outcome of elections in Kyrgyzstan not only has a decisive significance for the future of this country, but it also is an important event in the Great Game for influence in the whole of Central Asia.
It is in the regions close to Kyrgyzstan that the ideas of Uygur separatism are still alive, nourished by the influences of Islamic fundamentalism.
As a consequence, Kyrgyzstan is about to become a foothold for Russia's economic, military, and political expansion in the Central Asia.
www.axisglobe.com /article.asp?article=229   (2643 words)

  
 Cheap flights to Kyrgyzstan with consolidators airfare
Kyrgyzstan is a Central Asian country of staggering natural beauty and a long history of nomadic traditions.
Kyrgyzstan is a country of mountains, lakes and beautiful valleys, and is therefore often called the Switzerland of Asia.
During Soviet rule, Kyrgyzstan was closed for tourists, because of its strategic closeness to China and the huge uranium mines in the country's Tian Shan mountain range.
www.thaipro.com /flights/cheap-kyrgyzstan-flights.htm   (587 words)

  
 kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net » Uncategorized
More testimonies of our authors who witnessed the events in Kyrgyzstan are being translated at the moment and will be posted shortly.
Kyrgyzstan 15 Years On: The Day in August that Changed Everything…Forever.
According to the poll of the International Republican Institute 48% of northerners and 72% of southerners in Kyrgyzstan are enthusiastic about the latest economical and political development of Kyrgyzstan a year after the revolution.
kyrgyzstan.neweurasia.net /?cat=1   (569 words)

  
 Kyrgyzstan Economy 2000 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
Economy - overview: Kyrgyzstan is a small, poor, mountainous country with a predominantly agricultural economy.
Kyrgyzstan has been one of the most progressive countries of the former Soviet Union in carrying out market reforms.
Kyrgyzstan had moderate growth in 1999 of 3.4% with a similar rate expected for 2000.
www.photius.com /wfb2000/countries/kyrgyzstan/kyrgyzstan_economy.html   (387 words)

  
 Economy Of Kyrgyzstan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kyrgyzstan has distinguished itself by adopting relatively liberal economic policies.
The drop in output at the Kumtor gold mine sparked a 0.5% decline in GDP in 2002, but GDP growth bounced back to 6% in 2003.
If you would like to use this information for Kyrgyzstan or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
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 Japan to grant Kyrgyzstan $5.5mln - Economy - REGNUM
REGNUM » News » Economy » Japan to grant Kyrgyzstan…
Japan is ready to grant to Kyrgyzstan 216 mln of soms ($5.5mln), Japanese Charge' d'Affaires in Kyrgyzstan Tazuhiko Kasai stated during his meeting with Economy and Finance Minister Akylbek Japarov and Industry Minister Azim Isayev, a REGNUM correspondent is informed at economy ministry’s press office.
Kyrgyzstan stopped Ukraine on its way to WTO
www.regnum.ru /english/economy/718635.html   (573 words)

  
 Chinese Whispers in Kyrgyzstan
The announcement that a major new resort complex is to be built on the shores of Lake Issykul, Central Asia’s premier tourist area, should have come as good news for the cash-strapped economy of Kyrgyzstan.
But when it emerged that a company from China was the investor and that talks were already well advanced without the public being informed, there was a groundswell of anger.
Some in Kyrgyzstan fear that commercial interest will one day be followed by territorial expansion.
www.iwpr.net /?p=rca&s=f&o=175149&apc_state=henirca2004   (1550 words)

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