The International Organization for Migration 2020) shows that migration is an important process, which affects global economic, social, political and technological transformations. The number of international migrants globally in 2019 was equal to 272 million, or 3.5% of the world’s population. India is the largest country of origin of international migrants (17.5 million), followed by Mexico (11.8 million) and China (10.7 million).
Azimzhan Khitakhunov is a research fellow at the Eurasian Research Institute. He has received his bachelor, master and Ph.D. degrees from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Ph.D. degree was completed in cooperation with the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna, Italy). Currently, he is a senior lecturer at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Higher School of Economics and Business, Economics Department, where he teaches macroeconomics related disciplines. His research experience includes participation as a research fellow in the government financed f