The World Bank in Kazakhstan

A recovery in the oil sector of Kazakhstan boosted recent economic performance. The oil boost has strengthened macroeconomic outlook, but downside risks to the current growth model remain. The authorities should show a greater commitment to transitioning to a new growth model.

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Education

Investing in Brighter Future

Read a blog by the Regional Director Lilia Burunciuc on the challenges and opportunities in the Central Asian education systems.

Social Safety Nets

No Family Should Be Left Behind

The experience of targeted conditional cash transfers to poor families in Kazakhstan is instructive for other countries.

Youth Corps Program

Income and Hope for Disabled

Production of handmade toys provides income and hope for young people with disabilities in Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan At-A-Glance

Kazakhstan has a land area equal to that of Western Europe but one of the lowest population densities globally. Strategically, it links the large and fast-growing markets of China and South Asia and those of Russia and Western Europe by road, rail, and a port on the Caspian Sea. Kazakhstan has transitioned from lower-middle-income to upper-middle-income status in less than two decades.

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