Institutional and Legal Framework for the Regulation of Demographic Processes in Kazakhstan

Institutional and legal foundations are a key element in the system of state regulation of demographic processes in Kazakhstan. The purpose of the article is to identify the main factors influencing the process of natural reproduction of the population in our country and to assess the relevant institutional and legal framework. In the course of the study, the functional and structural methodology of the study of control systems was used, which is a set of methods that consider the objects of study as integral formations consisting of interconnected elements. Its tools make it possible to determine the structure and hierarchy of the institutional and legal foundations for regulating demographic and other processes, taking into account the forms of government and governance used. Then, on the basis of an institutional analysis of the content of regulatory legal documents, to assess their quality and the nature of the existing links between them, as well as to identify the problems that exist. The use of functional and structural methodology allowed us to establish that the process of natural reproduction of the population of Kazakhstan is mainly influenced by: a prosperous traditional family; an effective health care system; a sufficient level of wellbeing. As a result of the conducted research, the main trends and shortcomings of regulatory legal acts regulating the processes that affect the nature of the reproduction process of the population of our country were identified. Measures aimed at their elimination have been identified.

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