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- Title
Local government in Kyrghyzstan.
- Authors
Tordoff, William
- Abstract
The Kyrghyzstan government is making the difficult transition from a command economy under Communist Party control to a market economy within a pluralist political framework. For the time being, however, the reality of firm executive, hierarchical control persists. An Akim heads the government structure at provincial (oblast) and district (raion) levels and exercises considerable power; though formally answerable for his budget and socio-economic programme to the local parliament (kenesh), his accountability is virtually nil. Some attention is given to equalizing revenue among the provinces: Bishkek, the capital city, which has oblast status, and Chui oblast provide substantial financial underpinning for the rest of the country. In April 1995 the government accepted the main provisions of the EIPA Report prepared under the European Union's TACIS project ED/052, the effect of which should be to enhance the government's ability to promote development. President Akayev sees local administration, local self-government and privatization as important levers of reform.
- Subjects
LOCAL government; ECONOMIC policy; CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC development; KYRGYZSTAN politics &; government
- Publication
Public Administration & Development, 1995, Vol 15, Issue 5, p495
- ISSN
0271-2075
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pad.4230150505