RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND GENDER EQUALITY IN KAZAKHSTAN

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Published Nov 24, 2017

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Meruert Makhmutova
Public Policy Research Center (PPRC) in Almaty

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Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country in the world in terms of territory. In 2015, the total area of sown agricultural crops was 21 022.9 hectares, two-thirds of which were located in the Akmola, Kostanai and North Kazakhstan regions.

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Vol 60 No 1 (2017): INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL
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Author Biography

Meruert Makhmutova, Public Policy Research Center (PPRC) in Almaty

PhD in Economics and is a director and co-founder of the Public Policy Research Center (PPRC) in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Since 2002, the PPRC has implemented numerous projects in economic analysis for ADB, UNESCAP, UNDP, World Bank, OECD, the European Commission Delegation to Kazakhstan and the Government of Kazakhstan. The 2015 Global Go to Think Tank Index Report ranked PPRC 27th among the top think tanks in the region. Between 2008 and 2012, Meruert was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers under the Government of Kazakhstan .1 Since 2011, she has been a  member of the Expert Council under the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan.