Author: ypbxa
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Closing event of the “Technology development of health policy assessment in Kazakhstan in intersectoral and regional perspectives” project
In the context of this research project, we conducted a comprehensive analysis that covered both aspects of healthcare in terms of avoidable mortality indicators and economic factors related to this sector. We used a hypothetical extraction methodology to quantitatively assess the impact of the healthcare sector on the economy. The results indicate that Kazakhstan ranks…
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Misleading statistics of COVID-19 leads to ineffective policy measures: the case of Kazakhstan
The infection dynamics of COVID-19 in Kazakhstan is characterised by a fast growth of cases and deaths since the beginning of July, 2020 and the number of deaths almost doubles every two weeks (1). In this post we analyse the way of measuring and reporting the cases in Kazakhstan in order to have a better…
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Loss of employment in Galician districts due to Alcoa closure
In the previous post, we published the first results of the economic impact analysis of Alcoa’s closure, conducted in collaboration with the Group of Analysis and Modelling in Economics (GAME) from the University of Santiago de Compostela. The impact on the Galician region was estimated at 0.59% production loss, 0.41% reduction in GVA and 3.329…
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