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Explaining Demographics of Karagandy Agglomeration

According to the latest demographic data published by the Statistics Committee of the Kazakh Ministry of National Economy, by July 1, 2019, the population of Kazakhstan reached 18,507,942 people, which is 0.61% higher than at the beginning of the year. Out of 17 regions of the country, only five experienced […]


Asya Avrupa No: 44

Kıymetli okuyucularımız, Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Üniversitesi’ne bağlı Avrasya Araştırma Enstitüsü’nün aylık yayın organı Asya Avrupa Dergisi’ni yayına hazırlayan ekip adına sizlere saygılarımı sunuyorum. Asya Avrupa’nın bu sayısında da yine yoğun ve ilgi uyandıran bir içerik hazırladığımızı düşünüyoruz. Bu sayımızda Orta Asya bölgesinde yaşanan güncel ekonomik gelişmelere ve kültür alanlarındaki konulara […]


Agricultural Potential of Central Asian Countries

Agriculture in Central Asia plays a crucial role in regional development. The region historically specializes in agricultural production and has high shares of rural population. During the Soviet Union, the agricultural south, where Central Asia belonged to, provided the center with the bulk of agricultural raw materials. Uzbekistan is still one […]


Urban Demographics of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is a country that experiences a rapid urbanization process. In 2019, the country’s urban population reached 10.7 million people, or nearly 58% of the total population [Statistics Committee, 2019]. For the first time statistics registered more than one fifth of the total population of the country and more than […]


Economic Growth in Kazakhstan: Update for the First Half of 2019

The current economic situation in Kazakhstan was discussed at the enlarged meeting of the country’s government held on July 15, 2019 under the chair-manship of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The meeting’s primary goal was to discuss Kazakhstan’s economic performance in the first half of 2019 and specify main priority targets until […]


Internal Migration in Kazakhstan

According to the most recent data from the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of Kazakhstan, the internal migrants in 2018 amounted to 91,347 people, which is the second highest number of internal migrants registered within a year since 2000, the first being in 2016 when 106,518 […]


Kyrgyzstan’s Naryn Free Economic Zone: Potential for Cooperation with China

Kyrgyzstan was the first post-Soviet country to enter the World Trade Organization in 1998. Later the country joined Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and China’s Belt and Road Initiative. That broad transparency is also supported by creating five Free Economic Zones (FEZ) in Kyrgyzstan, which mostly seeking to diverse Kyrgyz economy […]


New Urbanization Policy of Uzbekistan

Starting June 1, 2019, the Regulation on the Agency for Urbanization under the Ministry of Economy and Industry, approved by a decree of the Cabinet of Ministers, came into effect in Uzbekistan. The agency is tasked with assisting the government in the implementation of state policy of urbanization such as […]


Eurasia Outlook 2018: Economic, Social and Political Perspectives in Eurasia

Since 2015, the Eurasian Research Institute (ERI) has been issuing weekly e-bulletins that contain analytical articles on a wide range of topics related to political, economic and social developments in the Eurasian space, as well as the news block that covers recent activities in the region. As demonstrated by the […]


Евразийский обзор 2018: экономические, социальные и политические перспективы Евразии

С 2015 года Евразийский научно-исследовательский институт (ЕИИ) выпускает еженедельные электронные бюллетени, которые содержат аналитические статьи по широкому кругу тем, связанных с политическими, экономическими и социальными изменениями на евразийском пространстве, а также новостной блок, который освещает последние события в регионе. Как свидетельствуют положи тельные отзывы, которые мы продолжа ем получать от […]