On January 30, at an enlarged Cabinet meeting, Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev summed up the results of the country's development in 2018.
"At today's meeting we will summarize the country's socio-economic development in 2018 and will outline plans for the future," he said. According to the President, positive dynamics is observed in all areas of economy. "[GDP - edit] growth made 4% in 2018. In trade sector this indicator made 7.6%. Other spheres also observe increase. As we planned, inflation was at around 5%. All the targets set are aimed at improving our people's wellbeing," noted the Head of State. "Yesterday, I met with the governors of 5 regions and heard their reports about the regions' socio-economic development. All the regions are engaged in implementation of our programmes," he added.
"Let's summarize the meeting. As you have noticed, the Government, the National Bank, and the governors have done great work, and we can say that each economic sector has its own achievements," Nursultan Nazarbayev said. The Head of State named the main achievements. "The minimum wage has increased by one-and-a-half times. Over 500,000 citizens have been employed. 113 thousand families have obtained new housing. If an average household consists of 4 people, then over 500,000 people moved into new homes. All conditions for the development of entrepreneurship have been created," said the President of Kazakhstan.
"The major sectors of the economy made good progress over the past year. This is the result of the work done by the Government, the governors at the local level, and, of course, the Parliament, the Presidential Administration - all of us worked, and this is the result of our common efforts," Nursultan Nazarbayev concluded.
Reported by Kazinform.
