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In Kazakhstan, there has been a debate for many years about whether the National Welfare Fund brings real prosperity to the country
Comments from various economists, financiers and other people from the world of "money" have already been "infused" after Tokayev's message, where he called on everyone to "live within their means." And who does he make these traditional messages for anyway? One of these about the "National Fund", from which it is "impossible" to take, has long been forgotten. And what did he say this time? It didn't work out very well for us in a completely human language, but Dima tried his best.
In one of our previous issues, we talked about the catastrophic debt burden of Kazakhstanis. Among the reasons for the current situation, experts then called the policy of banks, which in previous years were in great honor with the country's leadership, and, as a result, received gigantic financial injections. Financial institutions used it, got rich, gave these funds at interest to customers and got rich again. But it couldn't go on like this anymore.
By Decree of the President No. 1311 of 9 June 2026, the Nationwide Strategy for Large-Scale Digitalization and the Comprehensive Deployment of AI Technologies, “Digital Qazaqstan,” was approved until 2029. TALAP analyzed the document: what goals and indicators it sets, how it differs from previous programs, and what it means for citizens, business, and the state.
The Center for Applied Research "TALAP" presented the findings of a series of strategic discussions and research. Experts warn: without rules and measurements, the implementation of AI in schools could exacerbate inequality and reduce the quality of basic skills.
In three years, we have become a little less afraid of our neighbors, but we still do not trust them.
The fourth material concludes the series on the development of the TALAP Center’s Expert Signal Radar. The infographic shows how expert data move from the initial corpus to signal nodes, the radar, cascades, and management interpretation.