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COVID-19 and migration uncertainty in Kyrgyzstan: to leave or stay and earn?

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Title COVID-19 and migration uncertainty in Kyrgyzstan: to leave or stay and earn?
 
Creator Miholjcic, N.
 
Subject migration
governance
labour
COVID-19
uncertainty
remittances
policies
agriculture
livestock
gender
women
households
 
Description Kyrgyzstan is one of the most remittancedependent countries in the world.1 Remittance inflows to this low-income country have remained a key contributor to the country’s GDP over the past decade. Migration labor outflows continue to play a significant role in sustaining the Kyrgyz domestic economy. Due to the fact that Russia and the Central Asian region share a common history, cultural links, and lingua franca, the Russian market remains a popular destination for CA migrants.2 In 2019, almost 98% of Kyrgyz intra-family financial transfers came from the Russian Federation.3 However, the global coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has severely affected remittance flows to low and middle-income countries (LMICs) generally, and remittancedependent economies such as Kyrgyzstan have found themselves deeply vulnerable during different international events, including the financial crisis of 2008 and the current pandemic. To become more resilient, the Kyrgyzstan economy needs thorough reform that can improve the domestic job market and create more effective economic incentives that can decrease dependence on remittances and migration labor outflows, particularly in rural Kyrgyzstan.
 
Date 2021-05-18
2023-09-19T10:14:17Z
2023-09-19T10:14:17Z
 
Type Brief
 
Identifier Miholjcic, N. 2021. COVID-19 and migration uncertainty in Kyrgyzstan: to leave or stay and earn?. [Policy Brief of the Migration Governance and Agricultural and Rural Change (AGRUMIG) Project]. London, UK: SOAS University of London. 11p. (AGRUMIG Policy Brief Series 4)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131899
http://agrumig.iwmi.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2023/01/AGRUMIG-Policy-Brief-Series-No-4.pdf
H052220
 
Language en
 
Relation AGRUMIG Policy Brief Series 4
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 11p.
 
Publisher SOAS University of London