Rural Nonfarm Activities in Central Asia: A Regional Analysis of Magnitude, Structure, Evolution and Drivers in the Kyrgyz Republic

Atamanov, Aziz and Van den Berg, Marrit, (2012). Rural Nonfarm Activities in Central Asia: A Regional Analysis of Magnitude, Structure, Evolution and Drivers in the Kyrgyz Republic. Europe-Asia Studies, (2), 349-368

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    Author Atamanov, Aziz
    Van den Berg, Marrit
    Title Rural Nonfarm Activities in Central Asia: A Regional Analysis of Magnitude, Structure, Evolution and Drivers in the Kyrgyz Republic
    Appearing in Europe-Asia Studies
    Issue No. 2
    Publication Date 2012-03
    Place of Publication Glasgow
    Publisher Routledge
    Start page 349
    End page 368
    Abstract This article provides an in-depth regional analysis of the rural nonfarm economy in Kyrgyzstan based on three household budget surveys for 2003, 2005 and 2006. Regression analysis reveals that the share of time spent in the commercial rural nonfarm economy was larger in districts with low agricultural potential, indicating that the rural poor are pushed into accessible but not necessarily very profitable nonfarm activities. This ‘push’ scenario is probably strengthened by the low commercialisation and unfinished institutional reforms in the agricultural sector. Only in a few land-rich districts and in a district with a famous resort was labour ‘pulled’ into a profitable rural nonfarm economy stimulated by agricultural development and other local ‘motors’ of growth.
    Copyright Holder University of Glasgow
    Copyright Year 2012
    Copyright type All rights reserved
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