Household incomes in Central Asia: The case of post-Soviet Kazakhstan

Type Journal Article - Eurasian Geography and Economics
Title Household incomes in Central Asia: The case of post-Soviet Kazakhstan
Author(s)
Volume 50
Issue 3
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2009
Page numbers 327-347
Abstract
Two European geographers present the findings of a sizeable survey (n = 7,515) providing a detailed geographical analysis of household incomes and reliance on personal subsidiary garden plots across Kazakhstan. The authors focus on assessing the extent to which Kazakhstan's rising GDP during the post-Soviet period has coincided with an increase in the general population's personal income and ability to secure adequate food supplies for personal consumption. The fine geographical scale of analysis of the survey data (significantly less coarse than oblast-level data) enabled them to identify regions characterized by "trickle-down" income, largely centered on the country's two main urban centers and areas of resource exploitation. The patterns revealed in the paper have relevance to the debate concerning the uneven distribution of benefits from resource exploitation (notably oil and gas) to Kazakhstan's population.

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