KIMEP University

About: KIMEP University is a education organization based out in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Corporate governance & Government. The organization has 185 authors who have published 426 publications receiving 5098 citations.

The imagined nation-state in Soviet literature: the case of Koshpendiler

Abstract: This article focuses on the famous novel Koshpendiler (1976) by Ilyas Esenberlin. This literary work occupies a special place in Soviet Kazakh literature because it raises important problems such as the foundation of the state and nation, the sense of territoriality, and the struggle against Russian colonizers. The authors argue that this historical novel can be considered as an example of post-colonial discourse. The novel itself is an extrapolation of the 1970s' Soviet reality when national Union republics, including Kazakhstan, were seeking greater independence. Kazakh cultural elites and the intelligentsia turned to the past history of nation-building to address the problems of the present day. Not having an opportunity to openly express their views, the Kazakh establishment preferred to express their national sentiments through the historical genre. In this work, the authors suggest their own vision of Soviet national literature from political science and historical perspectives.

The Effects of Devaluation of the Tenge Upon the Kazakhstan Economy

Abstract: This article examines the probable effect of the February 2009 devaluation of the Tenge on the Kazakhstan economy. Conventional wisdom holds that currency devaluation increases exports, protects domestic production, and preserves foreign exchange currency reserves. While the latter states the obvious, the causal relation between currency devaluation and increased export revenue and increased domestic production, though logically valid, requires the passage of time to measure. In the context of Kazakhstan, the question of devaluation and its effects also must be examined within the 'Dutch Disease' model, as Kazakhstan is an oil dependent country. History teaches that devaluing the Tenge is unrelated to restoring the economy to stable growth and reversing the consequences of recession. Devaluation, without implementation of deep structural economic reforms, is an ineffective panacea, as demonstrated by the 3000% decline in the value of the Tenge since its 1993 introduction. The current economic malaise is likely to be corrected, neither by a manipulation of the currency exchange rate, nor by an increase in the price of oil, but by diversification of the economy, regulation of the money supply by an independent central bank, and a re-organisation and recapitalisation of the banking sector, including renegotiation of domestic credit institution foreign debt. A second devaluation is inevitable, unless strategic reforms are implemented. The question of successive devaluations is not if but when and how much.

A Decade of Poverty Reduction in Kazakhstan 2001–2009: Growth and/or Redistribution?

Abstract: This paper examines the factors explaining the sustained fall in poverty experienced in Kazakhstan in the period 2001–2009. It examines the contribution of economic growth and redistribution policies to poverty reduction through an analysis of household survey data. It finds that growth has been strongly pro-poor. Growth was the main driver behind the fall in poverty in the first half of the decade, but redistribution gained in importance in the latter part of the decade. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Poverty: An Existential‐Humanist Perspective

Abstract: Being in a state of material poverty can be a persistent or an episodic experience that can be life-threatening, life-restricting, or life-disempowering. When combined with being socially excluded, marginalized, or disadvantaged, it qualifies those in this dual state for membership of the underclass. They are seen, variously, as de-motivated free-riders, social deviants, disempowered victims, or human beings enduring the challenge of human existence in a life devoid of meaning. The contribution of existential humanism to the poverty discourse is, essentially, the proposition that everyone needs the existential freedom to search for self-identity, thus making it possible to achieve psychological potential. From this perspective, it is incumbent upon those who design and deliver public social welfare provision to concentrate on enhancing the existential human condition of long-term able-bodied welfare recipients. This can be achieved by building their capacity and motivation to begin, or further, the search for their authentic selves, and by encouraging and championing those who are willing and able to take responsibility for the direction their lives are taking.

On the independence property of first order theories and indiscernible sequences

Abstract: We refute the strong version of Shelah’s conjecture about models of large cardinalities, the independence property, and indiscernible sequences. We find necessary and sufficient conditions for a theory to lack the independence property and present applications of these conditions.