Understanding the role of history in shaping a nation's identity is paramount. The narrative surrounding historical events holds immense power, capable of fueling ethnic tensions and a host of other complications. Thus, ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become the fifth documented pandemic since the 1918 flu pandemic. According to the official statistics, as of March 2023, it has claimed nearly 7 million ...

This paper aims to find the significant determinants of satisfaction with the compulsory social health insurance policy in Kazakhstan. From the comprehensive literature review, it is found that communication, access, health ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...