Kyrgyz Republic Crisis Preparedness Gap Analysis : Technical Report

Overview & Synopsis

The Crisis Preparedness Gap Analysis (CPGA) has been developed by a cross‑sectoral team of World Bank experts. The CPGA aims to: (a) provide a high-level assessment of crisis preparedness for different types of shocks, (b) identify gaps and opportunities to improve crisis preparedness at the country level, and (c) inform policy dialogue and technical and financial support on crisis preparedness as part of country and regional programming. By identifying priority interventions, the CPGA can be a useful tool to inform Country Partnership Frameworks (CPFs) and country programming more generally. This Technical Report presents detailed findings from the CPGA in the Kyrgyz Republic. The CPGA provides a shock-agnostic assessment of the Kyrgyz Republic’s capacity to deal with crisis events across a range of core systems, whether driven by natural hazards, food insecurity, disease outbreaks, or other threats. Following a brief description of the CPGA methodology and an overview of the risk context in the Kyrgyz Republic, this note presents high-level insights from the preparedness assessment in the country, focusing on entry points and opportunities to strengthen crisis preparedness. The CPGA can serve as an important analytic input in the dialogue with the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (GoKR). To provide a holistic assessment, the CPGA analyzes crisis preparedness across five core components, which can be seen as the essential foundations of crisis preparedness - relevant in most contexts and useful to prepare for a range of shocks. There are five levels of maturity, ranging from 0 as unmet (little to nothing has been done to actively promote crisis preparedness) to 4 as advanced (typically reflecting the status of a regional leader in crisis preparedness, with a comprehensive and multisectoral approach that includes significant resources and capacity). The CPGA focuses on identifying entry points for targeted technical and financial support to strengthen crisis preparedness across the five components.