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What is happening to the economy of Kazakhstan: is growth slowing down - is business activity falling? Economic problems: Will Kazakhstan face low GDP and rising unemployment? Serik Zhumangarin: economic contraction will accelerate by the end of summer
Why arguments about Kazakhstan's social budget are a myth, and where the budget trillions actually go, says economist Askar Kysykov.
The ESP will return in the form of a new tax: what proposals does the Ministry of Economy have? New Tax Code – draft: how can the self-employed get preferential treatment? Maximum income for the self-employed: how will the new Pensioner tax regime , health insurance, and social benefits be limited: how much will the self-employed pay?
Material No. 4 in the series “School in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” TALAP Center for Applied Research in partnership with Global Education Futures.
Material No. 5 in the series “School in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” TALAP Center for Applied Research in partnership with Global Education Futures.
Material No. 6 in the series “School in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” TALAP Center for Applied Research in partnership with Global Education Futures.
This is the first paper in the Kazakhstan Economic Radar, Q2 2026 series. It explains how the radar is constructed and how it can be used.
This is the second paper in the Kazakhstan Economic Radar, Q2 2026 series. It presents the issues being discussed by the country's economic experts.
This is the third paper in the Kazakhstan Economic Radar, Q2 2026 series. It presents the Institutional Radar, based on an analysis of government economic policy.
