PRIME TASS : The EDB Centre for Integration Studies: A total of 27% of young people surveyed in Belarus would prefer Germany as a country for temporary residence

The fourth wave of the EDB Integration Barometer distributed by the EDB Centre for Integration Studies reports that 27% of young people polled in Belarus consider Germany as a preferred country for permanent residence. The research suggests that in the overwhelming majority of the CIS countries young people would like to find a temporary job in the EU and "other" countries (the U.S. in the first place) more often than older people. In Belarus, for example, 27% of young people, compared to 13% of middle-aged people, would prefer Germany as a country for temporary residence. In Armenia, 22% of people aged under 35 would prefer to work in the U.S. (compared to 12% of middle-aged people), and 22% in Germany and France (14-15% of older respondents). In Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan young people would like to work temporarily in Turkey and the U.S. more often than older people. The study has also shown that in Georgia, Russia and Ukraine people aged under 35 has low interest in moving to neighbouring CIS countries for permanent residence. Young people from the CIS countries prefer to study in the EU and "other” countries (the U.S., among others). Tajikistan is the only country where the demand for education in the CIS countries (primarily Russia) remains high. Investment attraction from the CIS region is of stronger interest to the older population in Belarus and Georgia (45% and 14% among people aged under 34, vs. 50% and 22% among those aged over 55, respectively), while in Kazakhstan young people express more interest in this (55% vs. 47%). As for investment attraction from the EU and "other" countries (beyond the EU and the CIS), young people in Belarus and Kazakhstan are more interested in this than older respondents (53% and 39% of respondents aged under 34, vs. 44% and 31% of those aged 35 and over, respectively). The survey of consumer preferences suggests that the younger the respondents, the lower their desire to purchase goods from certain CIS countries (primarily Russia) and the stronger their desire to consume European, American and Japanese commodities. More than 11,000 people from eight CIS countries (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine) and Georgia took part in the survey in 2015. Eurasian Development Bank is an international financial institution founded by Russia and Kazakhstan in January 2006 with the mission to facilitate the development of market economies, sustainable economic growth and the expansion of mutual trade and other economic ties in its member states. The member states of the Bank are the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan.