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2.1 Participation in PRS implementation (overall perspective): According to the APR, many NGOs actively participate in the monitoring and evaluation process (Kyrgyz Republic 2004: 44). Evidently though, the momentum has waned-working groups for instance meet only infrequently. 2.2 Participation in policy reforms linked to the PRS (specific perspective): Most notably, the government cites as evidence the "legislative activities"; accordingly, the new constitution developed from a broad consultative process. Additionally, decentralization efforts are associated with participation. An immediate effect of the PRS process pertains to the annual budget: public hearings on the annual budget bill are a regular feature. Representatives of local communities partake in these hearings (IMF/IDA 2004: 8). 2.3 Participation in PRS monitoring: State agencies, self-government agencies, and NGOs take an active part in the tracking of the 100 NPRS indicators (linked to the MSGs). Government documents indicate comparatively intensive stakeholder participation. However, an M&E system supplying all actors with real-time information is still work-in-progress. According to the APR, all data will be conveyed to interested stakeholders for the purpose of discussion. 2.4 Participation in PRS revision: No information available.
3.1 Structures: Due to the delegation of NPRS stewardship from the Ministry of Finance to the CDF Council and Secretariat-both subordinate to the presidential administration-clear structures (on the part of the government) evolved. The fallback to existing participatory structures and mechanisms allows for a comparatively smooth integration of societal stakeholders. "There are some indications of the possibility of an institutionalized involvement of CSOs in the process of implementation." As yet, though, "[p]articipation of internal partners has not yet been institutionalized in a permanent body convening on a regular basis tasked with monitoring." (World Bank 2005: 95 and 102) Furthermore, it remains unclear if or to what extent the "real poor" are included in the structures. 3.2 Rights: According to the government, the constitution of 2003 not only developed on the basis of participation, but also guarantees universal participatory rights. It remains unclear to what extent these rights can be demanded and enforced. 3.3 Legitimacy: By virtue of the legacy of the Soviet era, mistrust between civil society groups and government agencies prevails. However, the PPA-assigned to some NGOs-brought about first seeds of confidence and, thus, strengthened the legitimacy of stakeholders to get involved with poverty reduction. 3.4 Capacity: Despite the fact that the
country is relatively well endowed with knowledge and expertise the capacity
for meaningful contributions of both subordinated government agencies
and other stakeholders remains marginal. This has paralyzed the analysis
of links between policy actions and their effect on poverty (World Bank
2005: 102). Hence, the promotion of capacity building is a priority of
the NPRS. Communication is hampered not least because of the mountainous
landscape and a weak infrastructure. Moreover, NPRS documents were available
in Russian and English only and not in the principal languages of the
population (Kyrgyz and Dungan).
4.1 Statistical data a. Developmental status
b. Indebteness The Kyrgyz Republic is not participating in the HIPC II initiative. It takes part in the PRSP initative in order to further quality for receiving World Bank/IMF loans under IDA conditions. For more information see: Paris Club World Bank: Kyrgyzstan Estimated Debt Service Payments c. Further statistical resources World Bank: Kyrgyz Republic Data & Statistcs a. Official PRS-related documents IMF/IDA (2004): Kyrgyz Republic. Joint Staff Assessment
of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Annual Progress Report. June 4. IMF/IDA (2003): Kyrgyz Republic. Joint Staff Assessment
of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. January 24. IMF/IDA (2001): Kyrgyz Republic. National Strategy for Poverty
Reduction Preparation Status Report. Joint Staff Assessment. November
14. Kyrgyz Republic (2004): National Poverty Reduction Strategy
2003-2005 (NPRS). First Progress Report. April. Kyrgyz Republic (2002): Expanding the Country's Capacities.
National Poverty Reduction Strategy 2003-2005. Kyrgyz Republic (2001a): Interim National Strategy for Poverty
Reduction Progress Report. November 1. Kyrgyz Republic (2001b): Interim National Strategy for Poverty
Reduction, 2001-2003. June 13. For the most recent official PRSP documents see b. Major donor-related documents For further donor-related strategy documents see http://www.countryanalyticwork.net 4.3 Reports and analyses a. PRSP-related publications Bojö, Jan et al. (2004): Environment in Poverty Reduction
Strategies and Poverty Reduction Support Credits. World Bank, Environment
Department, Environmental Economics Series, Paper No. 102, Washington
D.C., November. (includes data on Kyrgyzstan) Bojö, Jan/Rama Chandra Reddy (2003): Status and Evolution
of Environmental Priorities in the Poverty Reduction Strategies. An Assessment
of Fifty Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. World Bank, Environment Department,
Environmental Economics Series, Paper No. 93, Washington D.C., November.
(includes data on Kyrgyzstan) Coyle, Erin / Alison Evans (2003): Experience with PRSPs
in transition countries, London, PRSP Monitoring & Synthesis Project
(=Synthesis note, 6). (includes data on Kyrgyzstan) Dewachter, Sara (2005): The Participation Conditionality
under Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: The Joint Staff Assessment -experience.
University of Antwerp, Institute of Development Policy and Management,
IDPM-UA discussion paper 2005-6, April. (includes data on Kyrgyzstan) Fox, James W. (2003): Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers:
Review of Private Sector Participation. USAID Development Information
Services (DIS), Washington D.C., October 31. (includes data on Kyrgyzstan) Gerster, Richard (2004): Budget Support for Decentralisation
in the Kyrgyz Republic. A Roadmap for the Swiss State Secretariat for
Economic Affairs (seco), Gerster Consulting, June. Government of the Kyrgyz Republic/CDF Secretariat (2005): Participation of Religious Groups in the CDF/NPRS Implementation Process. Press Release, CDF/NPRS Newsletter, 17 February. Heidel, Klaus (2004): Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
- blind to the rights of the (working) child? The (I-)PRSPs' perception
of child labour. A problem outline and annotated collection of source
material. Kindernothilfe/Werkstatt Ökonomie, Duisburg/Heidelberg,
March. (includes data on Kyrgyzstan) IMF/IDA (2002): Review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy
Paper (PRSP) Approach: Early Experience with Interim PRSPs and Full PRSPs.
Prepared by the Staffs of the IMF and World Bank, Washington DC., March
26. (includes data on Kyrgyzstan) Institution Building for Poverty Reduction Strategy Project
(undated): Plan of Civil Society Participation in Implementation of the
Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF) and National Strategy of Poverty
Reduction (NSPR), no place [Bishkek]. Joint Donor PRSP Training (2004): Country Ownership, Policy
Reform and Support for Poverty Reduction in the Kyrgyz Republic. A Case
Study in the Political Economy of the PRSP, April. Lucas, Henry/David Evans/Katherine Pasteur (2004): Research
on the current state of PRS monitoring systems. Institute of Development
Studies (IDS), Discussion Paper 382, Brighton, December. (includes data
on Kyrgyzstan) Mozammel, Masud/Sina Odugbemi (eds.) (2005): With the Support
of Multitudes. Using strategic communication to fight poverty through
PRSPs, DFID/World Bank, London/Washington DC (case study Kyrgyz Republic,
pp. 98-103, 116). OECD/DAC (2004): Role of Infrastructure in Economic Growth
and Poverty Reduction. Lessons Learned from PRSPs of 33 Countries. DAC
Network on Poverty Reduction, Berlin, October 27-29. (includes data on
Kyrgyzstan) Semyonova, Svetlana F. (2004): Building a fair society -
Kyrgystan's unions and poverty reduction, in: International Labour Organization
(ILO) (ed.): Trade unions and poverty reduction strategies, Labour Education
2004/1-2 No. 134-135, pp. 25-30. World Bank (2005): Country Ownership of the National Poverty
Reducution Strategy in the Kyrgyz Republic, in: Janet Entwistle et al.
(eds.): An Operational Approach for Assessing Country Ownership of Poverty
Reduction Strategies, Vol. II. Country Case Studies Bolivia, Ghana, Kyrgyz
Republic, Senegal, Washington, February, pp. 77-112. World Bank (2004): Poverty Reduction Strategies: Their Importance for Disability. Disability and Development Team, Washington D.C., July 7. World Development Movement (2005): Democracy and the Poverty
Reduction Strategy process: Country cases. May. (includes Kyrgyzstan case
study). b. Background reading Abdusalyamova, Lola (2002): NGOs in Central Asia, in: Alliance,
Jg. 7(2), March. American Bar Association/Central European and Eurasian Law
Initiative (ABA/CEELI) (2003): Judicial Reform Index for Kyrgyzstan. June. Buxton, Charles (ed.) (2004b): Who Benefits? The Monitoring
and Evaluation of Development Programmes in Central Asia. Second Annual
Conference Report, INTRAC in Central Asia (April 2003), INTRAC Occasional
Paper No. 42, November. Earle, Lucy (2004): Community Development in Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Lessons Learnt from Recent Experience. The
International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC), Occasional Paper
No. 40. Garbutt, Anne/Simon Heap (2003): Growing Civil Society in
Central Asia. INTRAC's First Central Asia Regional Conference, Almaty,
Kazakhstan, 13-14 June 2002, INTRAC Occasional Paper No. 39. Heap, Simon et al. (2000) : Emerging NGO-Business Relations
in Central Asia. The International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC),
INTRAC Occasional Paper No. 33, February. Hunt, Martina (2001): 'Top-Down' - 'Bottom-up'? A Study
of Women's Participation in NGOs in Kyrgyzstan. The International NGO
Training and Research Centre (INTRAC), Occasional Paper No. 34, September. OSCE (2000): NGOs in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Development
and Co-operation with the OSCE. UNDP Kyrgyzstan (2003): MDG Progress Report 2003 UNDP Kyrgyzstan (2001): Empowering Grassroots Organizations
for Poverty Alleviation in Kyrgyzstan. Experiences of the Poverty Alleviation
Component. Annual Report, UNDP Social Governance Programme, Bishkek. UNDP Kyrgyzstan (various years): National Human Development
Reports 4.4 Links to stakeholders involved a. PRSP Government of the Kyrgyz Republic: CDF/PRSP website Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway: CDF/PRSP websites Database of NGOs in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway/NGO database Counterpart Consortium (with links to various NGOs) "Initiative" Center Youth Human Rights Group Directory of Development Organizations (national / international) c. Donors / International actors Aid Harmonization & Alignment Iniatiative - Kyrgyz Republic
country profile CDF/PRSP-Donor Assistance Database 'Donor Mapping': Initiative by UNDP Kyrgyzstan Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Kyrgyz Republic country profile International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Kyrgyzstan country profile World Bank - Kyrgysztan country profile United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Kyrgyzstan
country office 4.5 General country information Development Gateway Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway International Crisis Group (ICG) - Kyrgyzystan country profile Freedom House - Kyrgyzstan country profile 4.6 General links that also provide country-specific information European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) International Monetary Fund (IMF) The World Bank Group Paris Club Source : www.prsp-watch.de (September 2005) © German Version: VENRO |
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