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Ablay Dosmaganbetov

Research Fellow
ablay.dosmaganbetov@ucentralasia.org
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Dr Ablay Dosmaganbetov is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Policy and Administration (IPPA) at University of Central Asia. Ablay is a member of the Life in Kyrgyzstan team, contributing to Wave 7 data collection and conducting research on climate change, energy transition, and polarization. Before being part of IPPA, he served as a Network Manager at ‘Sustainable Development Solutions Network’ (SDSN) Kazakhstan. Regarding industry experience, Ablay worked in different mining enterprises where he performed analysis of commodity markets, executed financial modeling, and managed several projects. Besides, he also obtained teaching and research skills at the Graduate School of Public Policy where he acted as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant.

Ablay holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, and a Master in Management from the Graduate School of Management, Saint-Petersburg State University. He is also a Bachelor of Economics from the Faculty of Economics and Management, Karaganda State Technical University.

Ablay’s research areas include extractive industries, transparency, accountability, and sustainable development-related topics. He is also interested in quantitative research methods and their applications.

Author details

  • Themes: Micro-Data Collection
  • Personal site: https://ucentralasia.org/faculty-and-staff/dr-ablay-dosmaganbetov

About the study

The ‘Life in Kyrgyzstan’ Study (LiK Study) is a research-based, open access, multi-topic longitudinal survey of households and individuals in Kyrgyzstan. It tracks the same 3,000 households and 8,000 individuals over time in all seven Kyrgyz regions (oblasts) and the two cities of Bishkek and Osh.

Data Access

The ‘Life in Kyrgyzstan’ Study data is openly available: it can be used by any interested party for non-for-profit research, policy analysis and teaching purposes. The survey questionnaires and interviewer manuals can be downloaded here or on the project web site.

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