More: Kazakhstan
The COVID-19 Shock to Kazakhstan’s Economy Largest in Two Decades
For the first time since the late 1990s Kazakhstan’s economy is expected to contract by projected 3 percent in 2020 with a moderate recovery...
World Bank Financing to Help Kazakhstan Unleash Full Potential of its Livestock Industry
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today a $500 million loan for the Sustainable Livestock Development Program to support the development of...
30 years of Nazarbayev’s foreign policy: What Kazakhstan can teach the world in the new era
The COVID-19 pandemic has completely shaken the very foundations of the world order that we were all accustomed to. The world is entering a...
SARS –an Unusual National Security Foe: Success of Central Asia Countries in Stemming COVID-19
Authors: Sayfiddin Juraev and Gregory Gleason*
As the features of the virus which causes the corona pandemic are emerging with greater clarity, we are beginning...
More Unified Approach to Public Procurement Needed to Boost Kazakhstan’s Economic Recovery
Kazakhstan has made significant efforts over the past two decades to bring its public procurement system closer to international standards, but a considerable part...
UNECE and FAO support Kazakhstan’s development of forest sector Master Plan
Forests are high on the
political agenda of Kazakhstan. The country has been developing a strategic
document for the country’s forest sector, in collaboration with the...
Kazakh President Tokaev introduces reforms
Authors: Srimal Fernando and Kirtan Bhana*
Political transformation will make Kazakhstan a
success story. Political reforms will ignite progress in economic reforms this,
according to President Tokaev as he met...
ADB Deal with RG Brands to Support Women-Run Businesses in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and RG Brands (RGB), a leading food and
beverage group in Kazakhstan, signed a $20 million loan to modernize operations
along...
AIIB Invests in Central Asia’s Largest Wind Farm with First Project in Kazakhstan
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has
approved a USD46.7-million loan for the construction and operation of a
100-megawatt wind power plant in southern Kazakhstan which,...
Kazakhstan’s Economic Growth to Moderate in 2020
Kazakhstan’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth
is projected at 4.0% for 2019, before easing to 3.7% in 2020, according to the
World Bank’s latest Kazakhstan
Economic...