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Multi-dimensional Review of Kazakhstan

Volume 2. In-depth Analysis and Recommendations

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Kazakhstan has embarked upon an ambitious reform agenda to realise its aspiration of becoming one of the top 30 global economies by 2050. The country’s economy and society have undergone deep transformations since independence. To sustain economic progress, overcome recent difficulties, and drive improvements in well-being to realise its aspirations, Kazakhstan will need to address a number of challenges to ensure its economy becomes more productive and diverse, and is sufficiently flexible and resilient in the face of an ever-shifting external environment. This next stage of economic transformation will require continuing reforms. This report discusses policy actions to address four key obstacles to development in Kazakhstan, identified in Volume 1 of this review. It presents in-depth analysis and recommendations to improve the economy’s resilience through diversification, to mobilise financing for development, to transform the role of the state in the economy, including through privatisation, and to improve the effectiveness of environmental regulations.

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Executive summary

OECD Development Centre

Kazakhstan has embarked upon an ambitious reform agenda to realise its aspiration of becoming one of the top 30 global economies by 2050. As documented in Volume I of the Multi-dimensional Country Review (MDCR) of Kazakhstan, the country’s economy and society have undergone deep transformations since the country declared independence in 1991. Gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.8-fold between 2000 and 2014 and living standards improved for most Kazakhstanis, with the proportion of the population living on income below the subsistence minimum falling from 32% to 2.5%.

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