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Kazakhstan economy
Can Kazakhstan’s Privatization Plan Succeed?
By Michael Desai and Eric Wheeler
Kazakhstan’s plan to privatize its state industries is ambitious, but it faces some major barriers.
What Should U.S. Policy in Central Asia Be?
By Catherine Putz
Also a look at Kazakhstan’s developmental state of mind and its economic hurdles: recommended reads.
Why Kazakhstan Is Going to the Polls Early
By Erlan Idrissov
The country will hold parliamentary elections early to strengthen its resilience to the global economic crisis.
Why Is Kazakhstan Holding Early Parliamentary Elections?
By Catherine Putz
The president’s party already has a supermajority, so why hold snap elections?
Kazakh Currency and Global Oil Prices Hit Record Lows
By Catherine Putz
The tenge has devalued nearly 5 percent in 2016 so far, not a good start to the year.
Trade Between Kazakhstan and Ukraine Just Got More Difficult
By Catherine Putz
Russia says all Kazakhstan-bound Ukrainian cargo travelling via Russia must go through Belarus first.
On the Road to Kazakhstan’s National Dream
By Catherine Putz
President Nursultan Nazarbayev is a man with a plan.
China and Kazakhstan: Roads, Belts, Paths, and Steps
By Catherine Putz
China’s ‘Belt and Road’ fits nicely with Nurly Zhol, Kazakhstan’s bright pathway to the future.
Kazakhstan’s Economic Good Times End
By Casey Michel
“We have been spoiled during all these years... This had to end at some point and now the end has come.”
Visionary-Style Economics Meet Reality in Kazakhstan
By Catherine Putz
It’s unclear that Astana can match big ambitions with the reality of an underdeveloped bureaucracy.
The Uzbeks of New York
By Catherine Putz
Kazakhstan’s economy and Kerry’s trip, plus more weekend reads.
Managing the New Economic Normal in Central Asia
By Catherine Putz
The causes of weakness and instability in the global economy are structural, a new World Bank report says.