Access to markets is argued to have asignificant role in development. In order to quantify theaccess of places to markets, policy makers are showingincreasing interest in accessibility indicators (Yoshida andDeichmann 2009). This paper seeks to examine the spatialrelationship of access to market in the Kyrgyz Republicusing a recent census and household survey in order toidentify possible linkages with rates of poverty and othermicro (spatial) information. This analysis uses the marketaccessibility index that measures the potential connectivityof population or expenditures between village/towns and bigcities via the transport network. Results show that highmarket accessibility is located near the large cities with aconcentration of infrastructure, while low access is more inthe rural areas. Future work will use this indicator ineconomic models to statistical identify its significancewith regards to per capita expenditure and poverty.
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