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9780821350676

When Things Fall Apart: Qualitative Studies of Poverty in the Former Soviet Union

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  • ISBN13:

    9780821350676

  • ISBN10:

    0821350676

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-01-01
  • Publisher: World Bank
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Summary

This study uses quantitative and qualitative research methods to document the experiences of people in Armenia, Georgia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan struggling to cope with the dramatic changes in lifestyle and economic conditions following the collapse of the Soviet Union. It demonstrates how poverty in the region differs from that experienced in other parts of the world, and looks at how cultural and institutional barriers have hindered attempts to improve these problems. It also examines the links between poverty, gender and ethnicity, and seeks to convey the psychological impact of poverty, as well as its social and economic effects.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
About the Authors xi
Map of the Former Soviet Union
xiv
Introduction: A Qualitative Approach to Understanding ``New'' Poverty in the Former Soviet Union 1(6)
PART I. BACKGROUND 7(22)
A Window on Social Reality: Qualitative Methods in Poverty Research
9(12)
From Soviet Expectations to Post-Soviet Realities: Poverty During the Transition
21(8)
PART II. THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC, TAJIKISTAN, AND UZBEKISTAN 29(84)
Poverty Shock: The Impact of Rapid Economic Change on the Women of the Kyrgyz Republic
33(24)
Kathleen Kuehnast
Between Civil War and Land Reform: Among the Poorest of the Poor in Tajikistan
57(38)
Elizabeth Gomart
Standing on a Knife's Edge: Doing Business in Uzbekistan
95(18)
Elizabeth Gomart
PART III. ARMENIA AND GEORGIA 113(146)
When the Lights Went Out: Poverty in Armenia
117(38)
Nora Dudwick
No Way Back: Social Exclusion among the Poorest in Armenia
155(58)
Appendix A: Losing Ground: The Education and Health Sectors in Armenia
193(12)
Appendix B: Trying to Reach the Poor: The Paros Social Assistance Program
205(8)
Elizabeth Gomart
No Guests at Our Table: Social Fragmentation in Georgia
213(46)
Nora Dudwick
PART IV. UKRAINE AND MOLDOVA 259(168)
``Children Have Become a Luxury:'' Everyday Dilemmas of Poverty in Ukraine
263(38)
Catherine Wanner
Nora Dudwick
After the Return: The Struggle of the Crimean Tatars to Reintegrate
301(32)
Elizabeth Gomart
Eating from One Pot: Survival Strategies in Moldova's Collapsing Rural Economy
333(50)
Hermine G. De Soto
Nora Dudwick
PART V. LATVIA
Prosperity and Despair: Riga and the Other Latvia
383(44)
The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology (Riga), with Nora Dudwick
Conclusion: Toward a Better Understanding of the Multiple Dimensions of Poverty in Transition Societies 427(4)
Research Teams 431(4)
Index 435

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