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The Economic Development Council was established last year under the auspices of the Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KazISS). Meetings at this venue are chaired by the Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, Timur Suleimenov. The topic of the third meeting was the optimization and improvement of the efficiency of public finances to ensure the dynamic development of our country.
Today, on May 23, the deputies of the Senate considered and returned to the Mazhilis a bill on minimizing risks in lending, protecting the rights of borrowers, regulating the financial market and improving enforcement proceedings
eGov's Witnesses Financial analyst Andrey Chebotarev considers digitalization projects to have transformed our lives. "Digitalization in terms of eGov has allowed companies to remotely open accounts, provide services, spawned a number of startups such as Kaspi and Freedom, developed online brokerage, online banking. These are actually cool products.
More than 70% of Kazakhstanis perceive China positively. This was told by the specialists of the Center for Applied Research "TALAP". They conducted a public opinion poll and analyzed the results in comparison with previous years' reports.
The purpose of the study is to calculate the perception index of China in Kazakhstan in 2023, analyse its dynamics since 2020, and identify the determining factors based on the public opinion survey.
We are glad to announce the update and relaunch of the site openbudget.kz ! The portal is dedicated to increasing transparency and accessibility of data on the budget of Kazakhstan. Updated website OpenBudget.kz It provides users with even more opportunities to analyze budget data, which makes the process of monitoring government spending more accessible and transparent. Analytical articles and notes on public finance issues will be published periodically on the portal.
Global governance practice is gradually moving away from a model in which decisions are made only after a crisis has already become visible. Governments, international organizations and major companies are increasingly focusing on the early identification of change, testing decisions against different scenarios and preparing courses of action before a situation reaches a critical stage.