ALMATY — Kazakhstan has launched a new information platform to improve transparency and access to its bond market for both international and local investors, as foreign interest in the country’s …
Breaking the Middle-Income Trap: Why Fiscal Decentralization Matters for Kazakhstan
The Asian Development Bank–led study argues that Kazakhstan’s future growth depends on moving beyond commodity dependence by empowering regions through fiscal decentralization, stronger local revenues …
Breaking the Middle-Income Trap: Why Fiscal Decentralization Matters for Kazakhstan
The Asian Development Bank–led study argues that Kazakhstan’s future growth depends on moving beyond commodity dependence by empowering regions through fiscal decentralization, stronger local revenues …
Kazakhstan’s central bank plans to tokenize gold reserves
The National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) has given the greenlight to several pilot projects in the digital assets space, including the tokenization of gold under its control. The central bank also plans …
Kazakhstan to legalize crypto investments, prohibit payments in regulatory regime
Authorities in Kazakhstan are taking steps to legalize crypto investments, but intend to prohibit the use of digital assets in payments in the country. A new banking law will also fully regulate the …
Trump says he’s inviting Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to next year’s G20 summit in Miami
President Donald Trump says he will be extending invitations to next year’s Group of 20 summit to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan …
Kambarata-1 to See Joint Financing From Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan in 2026
2026 looks to be a pivotal year in which the trilateral hydropower project will either make serious steps forward or languish, as previous efforts have, in the void between ambition and reality.
The Slow Transformation of Kazakhstan’s Independence Day
Thirty-nine years after the protests that helped pave the way for Kazakhstan’s independence, the way the day is commemorated is quietly changing.
Kazakhstan research reactor proposed
Rosatom and Kazakhstan’s Institute of Nuclear Physics have signed an MoU to develop a multi‑purpose research reactor and lab complex.
Stolen brides of Kazakhstan: the fightback
In plain sight, in a modern city, a colleague offers to drive you home after work. How would you respond? One woman in Kazakhstan accepted the lift only to find herself kidnapped or ‘stolen’ as a …