Kyrgyz Republic

The attached Joint Staff Assessment (JSA) of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report on the Kyrgyz Republic highlights the poverty diagnosis and macroeconomic framework. Poverty developments have been particularly encouraging in the rural areas, where the majority of Kyrgyzstan’s poor live, with a relatively larger reduction in the poverty level, and reductions in extreme poverty and expenditure inequality. The IMF staff welcomes the work initiated to improve costing and prioritization and poverty analysis.Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers;poverty reduction strategy, reduction strategy, poverty reduction strategy paper, macroeconomic framework, evaluation system, reform agenda, household welfare, household survey, external debt, vulnerable groups, financial sector reform, national poverty reduction strategy, fiscal deficit, capacity constraints, monitoring poverty, reducing poverty, social security, analysis of poverty, poverty analysis