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Dr Damir Esenaliev
Senior Researcher
Dr Damir Esenaliev
Dr Damir Esenaliev was a Senior Researcher in SIPRI's Peace and Development Programme. His recent research focuses on impact evaluation of peacebuilding interventions in Kyrgyzstan and on quantitative microeconomic research related to labour markets, welfare, inequality, intergenerational mobility and governance. Prior to joining SIPRI in 2013, he worked at DIW Berlin, the World Bank, and the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Subject expertise
Impact evaluation, social cohesion, labour markets, poverty and inequality, intergenerational mobility, transition economies, panel data, survey methods
Regional expertise
Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, Ukraine
Languages
Kyrgyz, Russian, German, English, Swedish
Education
PhD in Economics, DIW Berlin/Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany
SIPRI COMMENTARY
- Eurasian Economic Union policies and practice in Kyrgyzstan (Topical backgrounder, )
- The misfortune of visibility in violent conflicts (Blog, )
SIPRI AND PARTNER PUBLICATIONS
- The World Food Programme’s Contribution to Improving the Prospects for Peace in Kyrgyzstan (SIPRI, Stockholm: December 2019)
- China–Russia Relations and Regional Dynamics: From Pivots to Peripheral Diplomacy (March 2017)
- Ethnicity and the distribution of welfare: Evidence from southern Kyrgyzstan2014)
- Household Survey Data for Research on Well-Being and Behavior in Central Asia2014)
External publications
- Aladysheva, A., Asylbek Kyzy, G., Esenaliev, D. et al, Impact evaluation of the Livingsidebyside peacebuilding educational programme in Kyrgyzstan, 3ie Grantee Final Report. New Delhi: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), (2017)
- Esenaliev, D. and Ferguson, N. T. N., The Impact of Job Quality on Wellbeing: Evidence from Wageworkers and the Self-Employed in Kyrgyzstan, University of Central Asia, Working Paper No.41, 2017
- Brück, T. and Esenaliev, D., 'Post-Socialist Transition and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Kyrgyzstan', Economics of Transition Journal, Volume 0(0), 1-29, (2017)
- Esenaliev, D. and G. Kisunko, 'Local budget transparency and participation: evidence from the Kyrgyz Republic', Policy Research Working Paper; no. WPS 7154. Washington, DC: World Bank Group (2015).
- Esenaliev, D. and Steiner S., 'Ethnicity and the distribution of welfare: Evidence from southern Kyrgyzstan', Journal of Comparative Economics, vol.42, no. 4, 2014, pp. 970-982. Subscription required.
- Brück, T., Esenaliev D., Kroeger, A., Kudebayeva A., Mirkasimov B. and Steiner, S. 'Household Survey Data for Research on Well-Being and Behavior in Central Asia', Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 42, no. 3 (2014), pp. 819-35.
- Esenaliev, D., with Kroeger, A. and Steiner, S .‘The Kyrgyz Integrated Household Survey: A Primer’, DIW Berlin Data Documentation Series Paper no. 62 (2011).