Crowding-out (or -in) effect in transition economies: Kyrgyzstan case

Cunus GANİEV

Purpose: The crowding-out and crowding-in effects have been at the core of arguments among economists regarding the influence of government spending on private investment. This study aims to examine the crowding-out (or -in) effect of public spending on private investment in the transition economy of Kyrgyzstan. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical model is an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) and the vector autoregression approach (VAR). Monthly data from 2005 to 2013 of the private investment, government expenditures, remittances from abroad and broad money data were used in the em ...Более

Democracy in Kyrgyzstan: Problems and specific features

Cıldız URMANBETOVA

The article examines the state of democracy in the Kyrgyz Republic, with an emphasis on understanding democracy through the lens of the political consciousness, social memory and spiritual and cultural values of the Central Asian republic via comparative and typological methods. The result of the article shows the struggle between the new political culture and the traditional political order, which channels the democracy development in a specific direction. In conclusion, it may be reasonable to study further the existence of the hybrid regime as it applies to the situation in Kyrgyzstan befor ...Более

Ecology and Environmental Aspects of “Makmalzoloto” Gold Mining Area in Kyrgyzstan

Nazgül İMANBERDİYEVA

This investigation enlightens the original data on the ecological situation of Makmal Valley and neighboring villages Makmal and Chetbulak Toguz-Toro in “Makmalzoloto” gold mining area in Kyrgyzstan. The study was undertaken to put forward the possibilities for preservation of rich biodiversity and ecological state in these villages. The area is under pressure from the activities of gold extraction. Even today environmental pollution and high levels of radiation are observed. The extraction activity has seriously damaged and produced a negative impact on pastures, livestock, as well as biodive ...Более

Erratum to: 137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes (Nature, (2018), 557, 7705, (369-374), 10.1038/s41586-018-0094-2)

Alpaslan AŞIK | Kubatbek TABALDİYEV | Künbolot AKMATOV

Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0094-2, published online 09 May 2018.In this Article, Angela M. Taravella and Melissa A. Wilson Sayres should have been listed as authors, with the affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Center for Evolution and Medicine, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. These authors provided an overview of major Y-chromosomal haplogroups in Supplementary Information Section 8. The author list and Author Information section have been corrected online.

Fear of success and life satisfaction in terms of self-efficacy

Hasan YILMAZ

The purpose of the present research is presenting the relationships between self-efficacy, fear of success and life satisfaction; and determining the predictive power fear of success and self-efficacy on life satisfaction. For this purpose, self-efficacy, fear of achievement and life satisfaction scales were implemented on 625 individuals. In the analysis of the data, t-test and regression analysis were utilized. According to the findings of the research, there is a negative correlation between self-efficacy and fear of achievement. There is a relationship between all subscales of self-efficac ...Более

Plant Diversity of Ala-Archa National Park in Kyrgyzstan with Emphasis on Its Economical Potential

Nazgül İMANBERDİYEVA | Zeki SEVEROĞLU | Gülbübü KURMANBEKOVA

The national parks are the most important tools in biodiversity conservation. The generally include remote and rugged areas possessing a low possibility for human use. They are of lower economic value. Currently the Republic of Kyrgyzstan possesses a total of eight national parks. These cover approximately 1.4 of national territory. One of these national parks is the Ala-Archa National Park. During the period covering the months from May to October, every weekend hundreds of visitors pay a visit to this oldest national park of the country established in 1976. The 25 km long park has a total ar ...Более

Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Plant Diversity of Sary-Chelek Biosphere Reserve in Kyrgyzstan

Nazgül İMANBERDİYEVA | Zeki SEVEROĞLU

The Sary-Chelek Nature Reserve established in 1959 with an area of 239 km2 and declared as a UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve in 1978 is located on the southeast-facing slope of the northern Chatkal Range in central Jalalabad province. It is centered around the scenic Sary-Chelek Lake. The mountains immediately surrounding the lake abound in exceptionally diverse flora and fauna, what may be the widest variety found in the Tian Shan. The area is spread over varied ecosystems and habitats, which include the forests of spruce and juniper together with the forests of wild fruits and nuts and riparian ...Более

Streptomyces bio-products against apple and pear diseases in organic orchards

Tinatin DOOLOTKELDİEVA

Erwinia amylovora as a fire blight pathogen and Venturia inaequalis as a scab pathogen were isolated from the blossoms, exudates, infected fruits, leaves and bent branches of diseased apple, pear and hawthorn trees, selected in the Chy, Osh and Jalal Abad regions. Biochemical and pathogenicity tests, alongside PCR analyses were conducted to identify the local isolates of Erwinia amylovora and Venturia inaequalis. The alternative antagonistic microorganisms which combat bacterium E. amylovora and fungus Venturia inaequalis were tested within in vitro and in vivo conditions. The results revealed ...Более

The Turkish Adaptation of 15-Item Version of the Need for Cognitive Closure Scale and Relationship between Thinking and Decision-making Styles

Hasan YILMAZ

Need for cognitive closure refers to the need to reach a precise knowledge instead of confusion and ambiguity on a subject and the desire to make a decision as soon as possible. The purpose of the present research is to adapt the 15-item version of the Need for Closure Scale developed by Roets and Van Hiel to Turkish and testing the relationships between thinking and decision-making styles and the need for cognitive closure through the adapted scale. The work group consists of 577 people who voluntarily participated. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the validity of the scale. Cron ...Более

Tourism, promotion and international public relations

Erkan AKGÖZ

Sovyet Birliği Dönemi’nde Kırgızistan’da Gençlerin Politik Toplumsallaştırılmaları (Sosyalizasyonu)

Ali ÜNAL

Toplumsal yapının sürdürülmesi nüfusa yeni bireylerin katılması ile mümkün olmaktadır. Ancak bu katılımın sadece istatistiksel olması beklenilemez. Bu durum bireylerin toplumsal yapının değerlerini içselleştirmeleri ile mümkündür. Bu süreç toplumsallaşma olarak ifade edilir. Politik sistemlerin de meşruiyetlerini sağlayarak varlıklarını koruyabilmeleri için politik toplumsallaştırma (sosyalizasyon) sürecine önem vermeleri gerekir. Politik kültürün unsuru olacak genç birey aynı zamanda bu sistemin savunucusu hâline de dönüştürülecektir. Sovyetler Birliği Dönemi’nde bireylere, çocukluklarından i ...Более

The influence of various factors on the fertility of multiparous kyrgyz sheep

Ruslan SALIKOV

The fertility of multiparous Kyrgyz sheep was studied in this work. It was revealed that the values of young stock actual accretion per 100 lambed ewes might vary greatly with age. Its value was increasing gradually up to the 4-year-old age of ewes. It was found that with the increase in ewes‘ live weight to a certain limit, fertility also increased, and the further increase in live weight was associated with the increase in fertility. Ewes with the live weight of 50.0-54.9 kg had the highest fertility (170.4%). Ewes‘ fertility in relation to age was in the range of 146.0-168.0%. The highest f ...Более