The active development of markets worldwide, globalization processes, resource curse, and permanent instability have led to the emergence of new financial institutions with the ability to exert a stabilizing influence on ...

Over the last two decades, the Kazakhstan government has discussed constructing a Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) to pursue an energy security agenda and, more recently, carbon neutrality. However, government communication on ...

With the growth of entrepreneurship globally and its potential gains to the economy and society, governments are focusing efforts on creating the fertile ground for their talents to innovate, grow and flourish. Acknowledging ...

The frequent instability of world commodity prices and recurrent crises have forced Kazakhstan to restructure its economy and move away from the extraction and export of raw materials. These occurrences prompted Kazakhstan ...

Kazakhstan faces significant challenges in the field of mental health care and currently, there is an ongoing reform, which aims at improving the overall situation with the provision of quality care and transforming the ...

The human trafficking is one of the most profitable international crimes. Unfortunately, Kazakhstan is among notoriously known countries where human trafficking takes all possible forms. Being a country of origin, destination ...

In the 21st century, there are many challenges with water resources in the world. To battle these challenges, Kazakhstan introduced the hydrographic (river) basin management approach in 2004 by establishing River Basin ...

Line management practices are paid a vast amount of attention in the private sector and in international organizations in many countries, as it has a strong impact on employees’ motivation. Whether line management is also ...

This article provides a reflective analysis of a local scholar on methodological challenges of conducting research in Kazakhstan — a post-Soviet, authoritarian, Central Asian country. It specifically addresses the problems ...

This study analyzes the factors affecting the choice of Astana public transport passengers to use or not to use the electronic fare collection system introduced by city authorities in the end of 2016. Particularly it aims ...