Socio-economic inequality in Kazakhstani regions: Assessment and impact on regional development management
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DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.20(3).2022.39
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Excessive differentiation of socio-economic development of regions leads to the collapse of a single socio-economic space and the emergence of socio-economic inequality. This study assessed socio-economic inequality in Kazakhstan and its impact on regional development management. It analyzed interregional disproportion of socio-economic development of regions through the index approach using statistical data from the Bureau of National Statistics for 2011–2019. A comprehensive study of the socio-economic development of Kazakhstan and its regional differences employed the proposed index of social and economic development. It was revealed that Kazakhstan has a high level of interregional differentiation of socio-economic development, which indicates the existing socio-economic inequality, requiring the development of new and improvement of existing mechanisms to create an inclusive economy. There are significant gaps in socio-economic development between Kazakhstani regions. According to the proposed index, Kazakhstan is at the above-average level (42, B). From 2011 to 2019, the index was practically at the same level (39-42). The average social and economic development was shown by Almaty (61.1, B++), Nur-Sultan (59.9, B+), Karaganda (53.1, B+), and East Kazakhstan (51.0, B+). Low social and economic development was shown by Akmola (29.8, C+) and North Kazakhstan (22.4, C+). The difference in the socio-economic development of the regions is directly interconnected with the regional economic and social policy. According to the results, to implement state policy in inclusive development and overcome socio-economic inequality, respective measures should promote economic integration, including the mechanisms of regional, industrial, and research policy, comprising all levels of state regulation.
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This study is supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan within the project “The science impact on Kazakhstan’s socio-economic development: methodology, assessment models and development scenarios” (IRN AP08052745).
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JEL Classification (Paper profile tab)D63, I14, I24, Р48
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- Figure 1. Parameters of social and economic development used to calculate the index
- Figure 2. Socio-economic inequality in Kazakhstan, 2019
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- Table 1. Interpretation of the index of a social and economic development and its sub-indices
- Table A1. Index and ranking of social and economic development of Kazakhstani regions, 2011–2019
- Table A2. Index and ranking of economic development of Kazakhstani regions, 2011–2019
- Table A3. Index and ranking of social development of Kazakhstani regions, 2011–2019
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