Bibliometric study: the impact of education on economic progress

Abstract

Today, access to education remains a severe problem in Kazakhstan. Despite the Government’s
efforts to improve the education system, more efforts should be made to improve the availability of
educational resources for all population segments. This article presents a bibliometric analysis of more
than 42 sources from various databases, 22 unique journals have been identified. The main formats of
the included research are journal articles, books, scientific documents, conference materials and reports.
The authors revealed that most scientific articles are published in journals indexed in the most extensive
databases, such as Scopus, WoS, PubMed, JSTOR, EconLit and others. The reviewed literature contains
articles of various types, including descriptive and empirical, covering education-related topics. The
range of research papers studied covered documents published between 1961 and 2023. The main
problems of education raised in the selected articles include accessibility, quality, inequality in access
to education, the cost of education, lack of attention to research, insufficient training and inadequate
social infrastructure. The analysis of these articles included several stages, including analysis of the time
volumes of selected journals, data visualization using a landscape map and keyword analysis. Solving
the problems of accessibility in the field of education requires the development of distance education,
improvement of infrastructure, government programs, training and partnership of the state, business
and educational institutions. The introduction of technologies, especially ICT, promises to change the
educational landscape, but for the successful implementation of reforms, it is also necessary to consider
existing political constraints.