An analysis of food security and poverty in Central Asia - Case study from Kazakhstan

During the transition from planned to market‐oriented economies, Central Asian countries experienced major socio‐economic shocks that increased food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty. In the last 15 years, these countries underwent economic reforms in order to transform their economies, and in re...

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Main Authors: Rhoe, Valerie, Babu, Suresh Chandra, Reidhead, William
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2008
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162301
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Reidhead, William
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description During the transition from planned to market‐oriented economies, Central Asian countries experienced major socio‐economic shocks that increased food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty. In the last 15 years, these countries underwent economic reforms in order to transform their economies, and in response to growing food insecurity and poverty levels, they adopted food self‐sufficiency policies. For designing and implementing policy reforms, a good understanding of the magnitude of food insecurity and poverty and their determinants are required. Using the Kazakhstan Living Standard and Measurement Survey, this paper identifies a food poverty line and a total poverty line for Kazakhstan. Then poverty measures from both lines are compared and determinates of poverty are analysed. The results show that the total poverty line captures more of the poor population. Although there are some variations amongst the determinants of poverty under the two poverty lines, the strength of the common determinants is generally weaker when non‐food expenditures are included in deriving the poverty line.
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spelling CGSpace1623012025-02-19T14:08:21Z An analysis of food security and poverty in Central Asia - Case study from Kazakhstan Rhoe, Valerie Babu, Suresh Chandra Reidhead, William food security poverty malnutrition During the transition from planned to market‐oriented economies, Central Asian countries experienced major socio‐economic shocks that increased food insecurity, malnutrition and poverty. In the last 15 years, these countries underwent economic reforms in order to transform their economies, and in response to growing food insecurity and poverty levels, they adopted food self‐sufficiency policies. For designing and implementing policy reforms, a good understanding of the magnitude of food insecurity and poverty and their determinants are required. Using the Kazakhstan Living Standard and Measurement Survey, this paper identifies a food poverty line and a total poverty line for Kazakhstan. Then poverty measures from both lines are compared and determinates of poverty are analysed. The results show that the total poverty line captures more of the poor population. Although there are some variations amongst the determinants of poverty under the two poverty lines, the strength of the common determinants is generally weaker when non‐food expenditures are included in deriving the poverty line. 2008-05 2024-11-21T10:02:14Z 2024-11-21T10:02:14Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162301 en Limited Access Wiley Rhoe, Valerie; Babu, Suresh Chandra; Reidhead, William. 2008. An analysis of food security and poverty in Central Asia - Case study from Kazakhstan. Journal of International Development Journal of International Development 20(4): 452-465
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malnutrition
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Reidhead, William
An analysis of food security and poverty in Central Asia - Case study from Kazakhstan
title An analysis of food security and poverty in Central Asia - Case study from Kazakhstan
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title_short An analysis of food security and poverty in Central Asia - Case study from Kazakhstan
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topic food security
poverty
malnutrition
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/162301
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