Gender Equality and Women Business of Framework 5Ms in Kazakhstan: Analysis and Basic Directions

• Published in: The Journal of Asian finance, economics, and business Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 253 - 263
• Main Authors: SATPAYEVA, Zaira T, KIREYEVA, Anel A, KENZHEGULOVA, Gaukhar, YERMEKBAYEVA, Dinara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 한국유통과학회 30.03.2020; Korea Distribution Science Association
• Subjects: Gender Policy; Female Entrepreneurship; Gender; Kazakhstan; Gender Economics; Business
• ISSN: 2288-4637; 2288-4645

This study aims to analyze of existing concepts of female entrepreneurship, evaluation of women's entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan and development of recommendations for its development in the country. This paper begins by reviewing research on female entrepreneurship. In this research, authors proposed the methodological tools based on systematic approach using economic and statistic methods and 5Ms concept. Analysis algorithm consists of four stages: evaluation of women entrepreneurship scale and business directions, analysis of employment in women's enterprises and business environment in Kazakhstan. The main limitation of this study was the lack of some gender-related indicators on the development of entrepreneurship. Further, the obtained results showed strong and weak points of female entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan. According to the results, there has observed increase in contribution of women in social-economic development of the republic, women's entrepreneurial activity is increasing, and the number of enterprises headed by them is growing. However, the growth of female entrepreneurship occurs while maintaining their insignificance in terms of turnover and number of employees. There is a pronounced industry specificity of female entrepreneurship: the service sector. In accordance with this, there were identified priority areas and there were developed recommendations for the development of female entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan.