Rural Poverty Determinants in the Remote Rural Areas of Kyrgyzstan
A Production Efficiency Impact on the Poverty Level of a Rural Household
©2014
Thesis
XII,
234 Pages
Series:
Schriften zur internationalen Entwicklungs- und Umweltforschung, Volume 33
Summary
This book is a study about rural poverty in the remote rural area of Kyrgyzstan. It analyses the linkage of poverty with the limits of production frontier efficiency of the rural households in the selected area. A field survey of the cross-section random sample collects primary information about 297 rural households. This allows to measure rural poverty and frontier production efficiency of a sample, using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) methods. The empirical results demonstrate statistical significance of the poverty-efficiency linkage in the case of simple and multivariate linear regression. The endogeneity problem is resolved with the proposed instrumental variables, not correlating with the wealth of the household, but affecting the technical efficiency.
Excerpt
Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the Author
- About the Book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface / Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Kyrgyzstan - Country Profile
- 2.1 Geography, Climate, Natural Resources
- 2.2 History, People, Economy and Political System
- 2.3 Poverty Trends in Kyrgyzstan
- 2.4 Research Question Formulation
- 3. Theoretical Background
- 3.1 Poverty Measurement Methodology
- 3.1.1 Poverty Measurement Tools
- 3.1.2 Living Standards Measurement Study
- 3.1.3 Poverty Methodology History in Kyrgyzstan
- 3.2 Production Frontier History
- 3.2.1 Frontier Model Assumptions
- 3.2.2 Data Envelopment Analysis
- 3.2.3 Stochastic Frontier Analysis
- 3.2.4 Frontier Model Application
- 4. Survey
- 4.1 Selected Region Description – Talas Oblast
- 4.1.1 Geography, Climate, Population and Economy
- 4.1.2 Agriculture of the Region
- 4.2 Data Collection Methodology
- 4.2.1 Survey Questionnaire
- 4.2.2 Survey Sample Design
- 4.3 Survey Organization
- 4.3.1 Survey Management and Preparation
- 4.3.2 Staff Training and Quality Control
- 4.3.3 Project Schedule Implementation and Final Data Collected
- 5. Descriptive Statistics
- 5.1 Household Sample Profile
- 5.2 Agricultural Production Activity
- Land
- Crop Production
- Livestock Production
- 5.3 Non-Agricultural Activity Statistics
- 6. Empirical Analysis Results
- 6.1 Poverty Measurement
- 6.1.1 Consumption Aggregate Construction
- 6.1.2 Poverty Line Adoption
- 6.1.3 Poverty Measurement Results
- 6.2 Production Efficiency Measurement
- 6.2.1 Production Variables Set
- 6.2.2 DEA Efficiency Model Application
- 6.2.3 SFA Efficiency Model Application
- 6.3 Poverty - Efficiency Linkage Model Results and Discussions
- 6.3.1 Poverty Indicator Adjustment
- 6.3.2 Poverty - Efficiency Model Results
- 7. Conclusions
- A Research Questionnaire
- B Supporting Letter
- C Maps of the Sampled Villages
- D Additional Agricultural Statistics of the Sample
- E TSLS First Stage Results
- Bibliography
Figures
Details
- Pages
- XII, 234
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783653042894
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9783653987461
- ISBN (MOBI)
- 9783653987454
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9783631650936
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-3-653-04289-4
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2014 (July)
- Keywords
- ländliche Armut Haushalte Effizienzgrenze Feldforschung
- Published
- Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2014. XII, 234 pp., num. fig. and tables
