Makulbayeva, Gulnur(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2023-03)
The Culture of Accountability: A Democratic Virtue examines the notion of accountability and reveals the influence of institutional and cultural factors on political accountability. The novelty of the book is that ...
Kurmanov, Bakhytzhan; Knox, Colin(Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2022)
The introduction of open government has been used in many countries to improve the transparency, accountability of the
state, and promote participation by citizens in collaborative governance. Its potential for public ...
Assubayeva, Aliya(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2022-04)
Water security has been widely discussed as one of the security risks because of global
warming, population growth, intense industrialization, growing water scarcity, and rapid
urbanization. Water security was always ...
Mukhtarova, Akbikesh(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2022-04)
Since Land Commissions (LCs) with civil society engagement functioning under local municipalities (akimats) is a recent phenomenon in Kazakhstan (2018), except for media reports, little to no attention is paid in academic ...
We analyze the energy market and ETS outcomes in Kazakhstan, a major fossil-fuel exporter. The energy market
was characterized by the presence of large state-owned enterprises, prevalence of fossil fuel subsidies, and ...
Sharypkhanova, Kamila; Darmentayeva, Albina; Altynbayev, Bissultan(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2022-04)
This study assesses the saving behavior of Kazakhstanis, particularly, the main attention is paid to the major demographic factors that drive people to save and challenges people experience to save, especially in conditions ...
MUKHTAROVA, AKBIKESH(Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, 2020)
While analyzing data for 47 Sub-Saharan African countries, this article
explores the correlation between Legislative Oversight and Worldwide
Governance Indicators (WGI) and the effects of Party System Fluidity
on WGI ...
Absadykov, Aikozha(Otoritas : Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan, 2020)
Good governance is generally believed to improve country’s economic performance. This paper stud ies the relationship between the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators (Voice and Ac countability, Political Stability ...
Mukhtarova, Akbikesh(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2022-04-22)
Since Land Commissions (LCs) with civil society engagement functioning under local municipalities (akimats) is a recent phenomenon in Kazakhstan (2018), except for media reports, little to no attention is paid in academic ...
Arynov, Zhanibek(Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2021)
Youth have always been one of the central target audiences of the European Union’s (EU) policies towards Central Asia,
which was once again emphasised in the recent EU Strategy for the region. This paper scrutinises how ...
Globalisation, the ever increasing economic and socio-political
international interactions, poses challenges to public policy theory
and practice. This paper aims to (a) draw an outline of a discussion
and research ...
Throughout the 1690s there were several high-profile parliamentary debates about lowering inter est rates from 6 to 4 percent. Locke’s involvement in these policy debates is significant. In this
period, he circulated at ...
Raghavan, Aarthi; Demircioglu, Mehmet Akif; Orazgaliyev, Serik(Sustainability, 2021-10-28)
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit organizations and employees in every sector worldwide in unprecedented ways. It became extremely difficult for organizations and employees across sectors to operate under increased mobility ...
Serikbayeva, Balzhan; Abdulla, Kanat; Oskenbayev, Yessengali(International Journal of Public Administration, 2020-12-07)
This study investigates the link between state capacity and deaths from Covid-19. We examine the effects on the Covid-19 case fatality rates of state capacity across countries with an ordered probit estimation controlling ...
The present article analyzes the debt–economic growth nexus in African countries while controlling for the impact of good governance indicators. In contrast to a long tradition of scholarship that has consistently suggested ...
Flouris, Andreas D; Babar, Zahra; Ioannou, Leonidas G; Onarheim, Kristine H; Phua, Kai H; Hargreaves, Sally(BMJ, 2021)
To host big sporting events such as the Olympic Games and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup, countries undertake large infrastructure projects, including building new stadiums and ...
Onarheim, Kristine Husøy; Phua, Kai Hong; Babar, Zahra R; Flouris, Andreas D; Hargreaves, Sally(BMJ, 2021-08-06)
Migrant construction workers, a subgroup of the world’s 164 million international labour migrants—the largest migrant group globally—leave their homes and families for employment opportunities in high income countries.1 ...
Mukhtarova, Akbikesh(Deutsch-Kasachische Universität, 2021-09-22)
Academic scholarship captures different land governance dimensions while focusing mainly on agrarian, legal,
and economic aspects. However, little to no attention is paid to land governance consideration through public
policy ...
Orken, Aikerim; Yerbolkyzy, Ayaulym; Otantayeva, Zhaniya(Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy, 2021-04-23)
This paper investigates factors that have a significant influence on decision-making for
using public bike-sharing schemes of the residents of the Nur-Sultan and Almaty cities. Recently, municipalities have introduced ...
For the first 15 years of the new millennium, several countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have experienced longs spells of “sustained economic growth” that translated into considerable progress along the developmental ...