Assessing Regional Inequalities in Kazakhstan through Well-Being
Rodríguez-Pose A. Bartalucci F. Kurmanov B. Rau G. Nigmetov K.
1 March 2024World Scientific
Asian Development Review
2024#41Issue 1301 - 333 pp.
Growing disparities in wealth, well-being, and access to services in Kazakhstan have raised serious concerns among policymakers, especially since the January 2022 protests. This paper evaluates these regional inequalities and presents the findings from Kazakhstans inaugural well-being survey. The survey, based on global best practices, involves 4,032 face-to-face interviews with a diverse sample across all 20 regions, ensuring representation. The resulting indices - the Subjective Well-Being Index and the Regional Well-Being Index - highlight both within-region and between-region disparities. Notably, the indices reveal significant variations in well-being, with certain regions reporting notably lower satisfaction levels across dimensions like trust in institutions, satisfaction with financial and housing conditions, health care and education quality, and personal security perceptions.
inequality , Kazakhstan , regional development , well-being survey
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London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom
M. Narikbayev KazGUU University, University of Central Asia, Astana, Kazakhstan
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Metro Manila, Philippines
Center for Regional Studies, Economic Research Institute, Astana, Kazakhstan
London School of Economics
M. Narikbayev KazGUU University
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Center for Regional Studies
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