There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that negative health lifestyles are the principal social determinants of the mortality crisis in the former socialist states. Little is known, however, about health lifestyles in Central Asia, where the downturn in life expectancy was also experienced. This paper examines health lifestyles in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in order to fill an important ...

In the modern world, handicraft tourism is one of developing types tourism. The authors this paper note that becoming more and popular every year. Among other things increasing number tourists to Kyrgyz Republic associated with manifestation interest in crafts trades Kyrgyz. Handicraft plays an important role as a tool for preservation development people’s cultural heritage, contributes solutio...

The article is devoted to the study of national small and medium agribusinesses policy measures in Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) countries. To achieve objectives study, authors analyze state support for medium-sized businesses implemented EAEU member states as follows: Russian Federation, Republic Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan. In course utilized systemic structural-functional metho...

Abstract This special issue focuses on the developments in ethical standards post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) including former Soviet Union. Over thirty years have elapsed since demise Bloc and, despite some common institutional features, societies had very different experiences with uneven across region collapse communism. In this issue, authors explore business man...

The development of urban housing policies needs to be correlated with the demographic city. Demographic dynamics in world, including Kyrgyzstan, is developing towards urbanization population and increase agglomerations. Therefore, this article, we study degree interdependence growth factors stock volume commissioning a new dwelling. In particular, two largest cities Kyrgyz Republic were studied...

in November 2002. Police detained more than 100 protesters who demanded punishment of government officials responsible for the shooting deaths of five civilians in Aksy eight months earlier.

This paper provides an economic analysis of the practice of bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan based on a Beckerian model of family fertility and consumption. Bride kidnapping is considered to be a way of marrying a wife at lower cost. In our settings, bride kidnapping is rational behavior for an elder generation that values offspring more than does the younger generation. In existence of bride kid...

INTRODUCTION Zoonotic disease (ZD) pose a serious threat to human health in low-income countries. In these countries the human burden of disease is often underestimated due to insufficient monitoring because of insufficient funding. Quantification of the impact of zoonoses helps in prioritizing healthcare needs. Kyrgyzstan is a poor, mountainous country with 48% of the population employed in ag...