Since 1991, the Kyrgyz Republic has made significant progress in offering an attractive environment to foreign investors. It has a stable political environment, low inflation, recent and projected growth rates of at least 6 per cent per annum, and has made significant improvements in the legal...

The Kyrgyz economy has remained resilient in the face of continued significant external head winds in 2015, but sources of vulnerability have increased.While overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP)growth is estimated to have slowed to 3.5 percent in 2015, this deceleration was mostly on accountof...

The purpose of this Systematic Country Diagnostic is to identify the main constraints and opportunities the Kyrgyz Republic faces in continuing to progress towards the World Bank Group's twin goals. It analyzes trends and drivers of growth, poverty reduction, and income distribution, as well as...

Real GDP growth slowed to 3.1 percent in January-November 2018 from 3.7 percent in the same period of 2017. This deceleration was the result of slower growth in both gold production and non-gold industry. Export performance remains weak, largely on account of a sharp slowdown in gold exports,...

This report explores the sectors that will be instrumental for positive CU impact and competitiveness in the medium term. The initial chapter analyzes the gaps and opportunities the Kyrgyz NQI presents for capturing benefits of access to the enlarged common market across sectors. The next three...

The Kyrgyz Republic has experienced modest and volatile economic expansion since the economy bottomed out from the transition recession in 1995, when GDP amounted to about half of its pre-independence levels. As a result of structural reforms at the start of transition, the emergence of...

The first part of the Economic Update analyzes recent macroeconomic trends and presents an assessment of the country's short- and medium-term outlook. The Special Focus Section discusses the state of the country's energy sector, including issues surrounding its financial viability and fiscal...

The Kyrgyz Republic is a low-income country with a high percentage of secondary students; educational performance data are scarce. Most students in the Kyrgyz Republic are enrolled in public secondary schools in rural areas.The distribution of teachers is similar to that of the student...

This regular economic report records the economic activities of Kyrgyz Republic for the year 2013. The growth performance of the Kyrgyz Republic has been encouraging and largely in line with our forecasts from the Spring 2013 update. Real Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 8 percent in the...