Kazakhstan’s ambitions for economic and social growth

    President Nursultan Nazarbayev has recently launched no less than 75 new projects under the auspices of the second five years of the State Programme of Accelerated Industrial and Innovative Development,” the Astana Times writes in a comment published on July 30. These are, of course, very serious and grand plans that will strive to take the country to new heights in terms of economic growth. But the President has also stated that despite the definite positive results, the process of industrialisation has not yet reached its main goal, which isthe overall transformation of the economy with manufacturing prevailing over the extractive industries. Institutional change, not just fa