E MPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF BAZAARS Source of employment in communities across Central Asia in particular for women accounting for 70- 80% of all vendors in surveyed bazaars Examples from Dordoi, the largest bazaar: direct employment of 55,000 and indirect employment of around 100,000-150,000 Indirect employment (auxiliary services and outside trade) may be even larger: Kazakh statistics put total employment created directly and indirectly by Barakholka activities at around 250,000 people or five-times more than aggregate employment at sales outlets and bazaar administration
{}