Poverty and Regional Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Dillinger, William R.

doi:10.1596/978-0-8213-7161-9

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“…After an administrative reform and the relocation of the country's capital from Almaty to Astana in 1997, the state was organized in 14 regions (oblasts) and 2 cities (Almaty and Astana). In the 1990s Kazakhstan experienced a severe economic and social crisis, but succeeded in reaching rapid economic growth in 2000 was the result of a booming energy sector and the implementation of market oriented reforms, such as price and trade liberalization, privatization, promotion of entrepreneurship and creation of the banking system (Wandel and Kazbogarova, 2009 (Anderson and Pomfret, 2004;Dillinger, 2007). (Monfort, 2008).…”

Section: Regional Economic Development and Migration Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic and spatial determinants of interregional migration in Kazakhstan

Aldashev¹,

Dietz²

2014

Economic Systems

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Section: Regional Economic Development and Migration Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic and spatial determinants of interregional migration in Kazakhstan

Aldashev¹,

Dietz²

2014

Economic Systems

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“…After 2000, the economy in In comparison to the huge population outflow in the first decade of Kazakhstan's independence, internal migration rates in the country have remained lower. This is remarkable since economic and social disparities between regions (oblasts) as well as between rural and urban areas remain very high (Dillinger, 2007;Aldashev and Dietz, 2011). …”

Section: Internal Migration In Kazakhstanmentioning

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Showing off to the new neighbors? Income, socioeconomic status and consumption patterns of internal migrants

Danzer

Dietz

Gatskova

et al. 2014

Journal of Comparative Economics

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“…As shown in figure 2 the coefficient of variation in regional per capita GDP, a measurement of regional disparity, ranged from 0.7 to 0.8 in 2003-2010, which is extremely high in comparison to Eastern European and EU-15 countries. In the year 2003, the coefficient of variation in regional per capita GDP in Eastern Europe varied between 0.22 in Poland and 0.54 in Russia (Dillinger, 2007). In EU-15 countries regional economic variations (at the NUTS2 level) amounted to approximately 0.28 in the years between 1996-2004(Monfort, 2008.…”

Section: Regional Economic Development and Migration Inmentioning

confidence: 99%