Country Profile 2007
C O N T E N T S
KAZAKHSTAN AT A GLANCE (COUNTRY BRIEF OVERVIEW)
- Economic overview
- Energy overview
- Energy industry
- Environmental overview
- Political context and democratization – brief overview
- Foreign policy
- Kazakhstan and UN Millennium Development Goals
- Common misconceptions in the West about Kazakhstan
KAZAKHSTAN COMMITS ITSELF TO FURTHER POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REFORM
- President’s 2007 State-of-the-Nation Address “A New Kazakhstan in a New World: President Nazarbayev's Strategic Vision”
- President’s 2006 State-of-the-Nation Address “Kazakhstan to join the world’s 50 most competitive countries and to further enhance democracy and stability”
- Further democratic reform is underway
- The State Commission on Democratic Reforms
MILESTONES OF HISTORY
OFFICIAL VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN MR NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV TO THE UNITED KINGDOM
- Official British-Kazakh Press communique on the visit
- Article by President Nursultan Nazarbayev in The Spectator, 23 November 2006
- Article by Ambassador Erlan Idrissov in The Times, 4 November 2006
KAZAKHSTAN: FIRST FIFTEEN YEARS OF INDEPENDENT EXISTENCE
- Kazakhstan – political structure
- Development of a civil society in Kazakhstan
- Legal, judicial reform, jury trial and alternative dispute resolution in Kazakhstan
- Mass media development in Kazakhstan and protection of journalist rights
- Interethnic consent
- Interconfessional relations
KAZAKHSTAN – ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
- General background
- Key economic indicators
- Oil and Caspian off-shore development Strategy and pipelines policy
- Status report on Kazakhstan's WTO accession process
- EBRD Kazakhstan's strategy overview 2007-2008
- Avoiding “the oil curse” - the Strategy of Kazakhstan on new Industrial Development and Innovations and to join the world's 50 most competitive nations for the years 2003-2015
- New development institutions of 2003 and the National Oil Fund of Kazakhstan
- Kazakhstan's "Troika" - Samruk, Kazyna and RFCA. New 2006 institutions to foster further diversified growth
- Banking and financing
- Transport and Communication complex
- Mining in Kazakhstan
- Agricultural sector
- How trade activity is regulated in Kazakhstan
- Foreign investors's FAQ - profit repatriation and taxation in Kazakhstan
KAZAKHSTAN'S FOREIGN POLICY: MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS AND NEW GOALS
- Position of Kazakhstan on some key international issues of today
- Kazakhstan's contribution to the strengthening of international security
- Conference on interaction and confidence-building measures in ASIA (CICA)
- Kazakhstan promotes international dialogue between civilizations and religions: First and Second Congresses of world and traditional religions in Astana
- Article in The Sunday Times, 20 February 2005: "Foster designs the Pyramid of Peace"
TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS
- Kazakh 17th century nomads take a ride along the streets of the City of London
TOURISM
- Air Astana – successful Kazakh-British aviation joint venture
- Useful contacts
ASTANA – THE NEW CAPITAL OF KAZAKHSTAN
NATURE RESERVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
