<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This article deals with official development assistance (ODA) in Central Asia and with relation of the ODA to the Millennium Development Goals. We look at present development in the sphere of poverty reduction and also at dependence between ODA and GDP growth in a selected country - Kyrgyzstan. ODA per capita and several other indicators are highest in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The time series using poverty ratio indicators for Kyrgyzstan shows that between 2004 and 2011 there was a decline in the percentage of population under the poverty line. The trend generated using analogous time series for Kazakhstan and Tajikistan is similar. However, the internal situation in the region of interest is unstable. The dependence between ODA and GDP growth apparently does not exist in the region of interest. Further aid would be appropriate to focus on development projects’ themes already successfully conducted in selected areas and selected social groups.</p></abstract>

This article deals with official development assistance (ODA) in Central Asia and with relation of the ODA to the Millennium Development Goals. We look at present development in the sphere of poverty reduction and also at dependence between ODA and GDP growth in a selected country - Kyrgyzstan. ODA per capita and several other indicators are highest in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The time series using poverty ratio indicators for Kyrgyzstan shows that between 2004 and 2011 there was a decline in the percentage of population under the poverty line. The trend generated using analogous time series for Kazakhstan and Tajikistan is similar. However, the internal situation in the region of interest is unstable. The dependence between ODA and GDP growth apparently does not exist in the region of interest. Further aid would be appropriate to focus on development projects’ themes already successfully conducted in selected areas and selected social groups.

Development Assistance and Poverty Reduction in Central Asia

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Economics and Management, Department of Humanities,Prague, Czech Republic

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Department of Sustainable Technologies, Prague, Czech Republic

University of Venda, School of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural and Rural Engineering, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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This article deals with official development assistance (ODA) in Central Asia and with relation of the ODA to the Millennium Development Goals. We look at...

Development Assistance and Poverty Reduction in Central Asia

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 36 - 41

Received: Jan 14, 2014

Accepted: Mar 17, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2014-0005

© Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica

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