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Sagadiyev LLP</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47703/ejebs.v69i2.488</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">ejebs-228</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Higher Education and National Development: Insights from Kazakhstan’s Transition Economy</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3412-3706</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kireyeva</surname><given-names>Anel</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sc. (Econ.), Professor of the University</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">kireyeva.a@uib.kz</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="en">University of International Business named after K. Sagadiyev, Almaty<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>06</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>69</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title>Eurasian Journal of Economic and Business Studies</issue-title><fpage>5</fpage><lpage>18</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Kireyeva A., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Kireyeva A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kireyeva A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/228">https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/228</self-uri><abstract/><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Education</kwd><kwd>Higher Education</kwd><kwd>Education Policy</kwd><kwd>Transitional Economy</kwd><kwd>Economic Growth</kwd><kwd>Human Capital</kwd><kwd>University</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement>This research has been funded by the Science Committee MSHE RK (grant “Modernization of the quality assurance system of higher education in Kazakhstan based on digitalization: development of approaches, mechanisms and information base” BR24992974).</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Acemoglu, D. 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