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Sagadiyev LLP</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47703/ejebs.v3i67.310</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">ejebs-89</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>Assessment of the Sustainable Development of Regions: the Case 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/0000-0002-7354-4506</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kuanova</surname><given-names>Laura</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, Senior Lecturer, Email: laura_kuanova@mail.ru</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">laura_kuanova@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1054-6640</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bekbossinova</surname><given-names>Assel</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD candidate, Email: aselka01@mail.ru</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">aselka01@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Abdykadyr</surname><given-names>Temirlan</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>student, Faculty of Business and Economics, Email: tabdykadyr@gmail.com</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">tabdykadyr@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty</institution><country>Kazakhstan</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-2"><institution>Eurasian Technological University,  Almaty</institution><country>Kazakhstan</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-3"><institution>University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong</institution><country>China</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>09</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>67</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>122</fpage><lpage>135</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Kuanova L., Bekbossinova A., Abdykadyr T., 2023</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Kuanova L., Bekbossinova A., Abdykadyr T.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kuanova L., Bekbossinova A., Abdykadyr T.</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/89">https://ejebs.uib.kz/jour/article/view/89</self-uri><abstract><p> </p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Economy</kwd><kwd>Economic Indicators</kwd><kwd>Sustainable Development Goals</kwd><kwd>Region</kwd><kwd>Regional Development</kwd><kwd>Kazakhstan</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This research has been funded by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan within the project "Strategy for sustainable regional development based on the principles of forming a smart and digital ecosystem of cities in Kazakhstan" No. AP19574739)</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">Anelli, D., Tajani, F., &amp; Ranieri, R. 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