EFFECT OF THE FORMATION OF THE

EURASIAN ECONOMIC UNION AND THE

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF THE STATES
IN IT ON THE POVERTY LEVEL IN
KAZAKHSTAN
YERZHAN KANI
OUTLINE

Introduction
Main Body
- The relationship between location and poverty in Kazakhstan
- The effect of the gender on poverty in Kazakhstan
- The role of the age in being poor
- SDG in Kazakhstan
Conclusion
LOCATION

64% of Kazakhstan population lives in rural areas

(Eurostat)
11% of the South Kazakhstan population is poor
Education and Healthcare are not usually taken
into an account
Corruption in Kazakhstan
Poverty in large cities (Astana and Almaty) 14%
of population are poor

Source: South Kazakhstan oblast camels

Author: Aleksandr Terziev
http://aboutkazakhstan.com/south_kazakhstan-
INCOME INEQUALITY FEMALE-
MALE INCOME
Gender inequality
Kazakhstan is on 42th place out of 159 countries
according to the GII (Gender Inequality Index)
(UNDP)
66.1% of the women are employed compared to
the 70.0% of men.
AGE

Pension schemes 10% (15%) of the workers salary

34.4% of the Kazakhstan population are 0-16 aged children
34.5% of children are poor and 79,690 children are working (UNESCO)
Action of EAEU focused only on migrant workers family
SDG AND KAZAKHSTAN-2050

Goal of Kazakhstan to enter the list

of 50 the most sustainable countries
UNDPs the most focused problem
poverty and income inequality
the gap between rich and poor is
growing across the world
Nursultan Nazarbayev (United
Nations Summit for the Adoption of
the post-2015 Development Agenda)
CONCLUSION

The EAEU should reconsider their goals and strategies

The methodology of measuring poverty should be reconsidered
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