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Sagadiyev LLP</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47703/ejebs.v68i1.351</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">ejebs-69</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>Reduction of Inequality of Regions as a Factor of Sustainable Development: The Case of Western Macro-region of Kazakhstan</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/0000-0002-4210-3783</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Nurlanova</surname><given-names>Nailya</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doc. Sc. (Econ.), Professor, Email: n.k.nurlanova@gmail.com</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">n.k.nurlanova@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7451-7470</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Alzhanova</surname><given-names>Farida</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doc. Sc. (Econ.), Email: farida.alzhanova@gmail.com</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">farida.alzhanova@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8762-5932</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Tleuberdinova</surname><given-names>Aizhan</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doc. Sc. (Econ.), Email: tleuberdinova@gmail.com</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">tleuberdinova@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1708-8208</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bekturganova</surname><given-names>Makpal</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, Email: bekturganova.makpal@gmail.com</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">bekturganova.makpal@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="en">Institute of Economics Science Committee MSHE RK, Almaty, Kazakhstan<country>Kazakhstan</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>03</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>68</volume><issue>1</issue><elocation-id>102–113</elocation-id><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Nurlanova N., Alzhanova F., Tleuberdinova A., Bekturganova M., 2024</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Nurlanova N., Alzhanova F., Tleuberdinova A., Bekturganova M.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Nurlanova N., Alzhanova F., Tleuberdinova A., Bekturganova M.</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/69">https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/69</self-uri><abstract><p> </p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Econome</kwd><kwd>Economic Growth</kwd><kwd>Sustainable Development</kwd><kwd>Regional Inequality</kwd><kwd>Macro-Region</kwd><kwd>Western Kazakhstan</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement>This research was funded by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Grant PTF “Sustainable development of nature-economic and socio-economic systems of the West Kazakhstan region in the context of green growth: comprehensive analysis, concept, forecast estimates and scenarios” No. BR21882122).</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">Bolcárová, P., &amp; Kološta, S. 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