Kazakhstan aims to reach 5.5% growth until 2021, Sagintayev says

    Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev opened the Astana Economic Forum on June 15 with the welcoming speech.
    The Forum is held for the 10th time and this year it is held at the same time with EXPO-2017, Sagintayev noted.
    Sagintayev informed that the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with the World Bank, has been working on liberalization of the national economy and increasing its competitiveness, creating new jobs, improving the efficiency of public administration and the sustainability of environmental development.
    With the support of the World Bank, 1,300 km of roads have been built and repaired in Kazakhstan. The regulation of the riverbed of the Syr Darya and the northern part of the Aral Sea has made it possible to improve the ecological situation in the Aral Sea area, Sagintayev said.
    The government is actively working on the accelerated technological modernization of the economy, dramatically improving the business environment, providing productive employment, ensuring macroeconomic stability, improving the quality of human capital.
    Today, Kazakhstan aims to reach 5.5% growth until 2021. This will allow to confidently advance into the top 30 of the world's strongest economies. This is the main national goal set in the Kazakhstan-2050 Strategy, he said.
    The System Diagnostics of Kazakhstan, conducted by the World Bank, will help the Government to get an objective assessment, identify opportunities and risks, problem nodes and get recommendations for their resolution.
    The theme of the forum in 2017 is "New Energy - New Economy". Each year the AEF gathers more than 5,000 delegates from 80 countries around the world - representatives of the world economic community, current and former heads of states, Nobel Prize winners, the authorities of the academic world and businessmen.
    Reported by AKIpress.