IMF Staff Country Reports

This paper reviews economic developments in the Kyrgyz Republic during 1995–99. After having contracted by about 50 percent between 1992 and 1995, real GDP recovered strongly in 1996, with a growth rate of more than 7 percent. The main source behind this increase was a strong growth of the agricultural sector, which continued the following year, and, combined with the startup of the Kumtor gold mine, led to a real GDP growth rate of almost 10 percent in 1997. During 1998, growth slowed down to about 2 percent.