Impacts of the economic crisis on regional development in selected regions of Kazakhstan

abs. v. š. Aliya Kenbayeva

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

The bachelor thesis is focused on analyzing the regional development of Kazakhstan during pandemic which was caused by COVID-19. The author describes the consequences of COVID-19 and what advantages and disadvantages it has possessed globally. Also, the author analyses different empirical research which are based on a qualitative character. Thus, the secondary research demonstrates the effect of COVID-19 on regions and what policies were implemented on a global scale to combat with the COVID-19. In the empirical part, the author describes the regional development of Kazakhstan and illustrates the regions and their main economic activities which contribute to the national GDP. However, as a comparison, the author is mostly focused on two regions of Kazakhstan: Karaganda region and Turkestan region to analyze the economic effect while COVID-19 and its lockdown as well as the year after that (2021) which show how fast both regions managed to recover based on its economic activity. The author deeply analyzes the following indicators: The registered enterprises, the contribution ratio to the national GDP of Kazakhstan, actively working population, unemployed population and self-employed population, and the time is mainly taken from 3 consequent years 2019, 2020 and 2021. Additionally, the author considers the data of mortality rate, income deviation of each region from an average national income and also urbanization rate.

Keywords

regional development, COVID-19, urban area, rural area, Kazakhstan, Economic crisis

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 13. 12. 2022

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: Ing. Jiří Sálus

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor programme / field:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management