Abstract
Core foci of economic geographic research are spatial inequality and policies to mitigate it. The variables considered in creating such policy evolve over time and attend to changing political, social, economic, ecological, and geopolitical circumstances and ideals. As a former Soviet republic with considerable hydrocarbon resources and substantial executive power, Kazakhstan has periodically reconsidered its regional economic policies. This study analyzes Kazakhstani government documents to track evolving strategies of development and utilizes econometric analysis to assess their effect on disparity across the state’s regions. Such research should prove useful in comparison with other cases of the post-Soviet realm and developing states more generally.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 657-684 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | Eurasian Geography and Economics |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 5-6 |
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| Publication status | Published - Nov 2 2018 |
Funding
Both authors were Fellows at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies of Harvard University during 2015-2016 and are grateful for its generous support during the writing of this article. Additional support was provided by the General Research Fund of the University of Kansas and the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan [Grant # 4671/ГФ4]. This work was supported by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University; University of Kansas, General Research Fund; Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan [4671/ГФ4].
Keywords
- development
- economics
- Kazakhstan
- planning
- policy
- Region
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Economics and Econometrics
