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A working version of the research report “The Carbon Farming Industry in Kazakhstan: Unlocking Opportunities”, prepared jointly with the International Center for Competition Law and Policy of the BRICS at the Higher School of Economics and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).
On August 29, 2023, the TALAP Center for Applied Research Public Foundation presented the research "Business Climate of the New Time" at the forum "Stagnation or the New 90s" in Astana: how will SMEs develop?"
For over three decades, China has amazed the world with the rapid pace of its economic growth. In the 70s, the Chinese economy was more agrarian and based on a command-administrative system, but as a result of consecutive market reforms, the economic landscape of the Celestial Empire has dramatically transformed.
China is one of the key countries that seriously affects the economic, geopolitical and cultural space of Kazakhstan. However, despite the active cooperation, the perception of China in society remains ambiguous - Kazakhstanis do not hide their fears that they will eventually become economically dependent. At the same time, the volume of Chinese investments continues to grow, reports Ulysmedia.kz .
The target of study will be the growth of the index of China in Kazakhstan in 2024, analysis of its dynamics in 2020.
Is the Red Dragon coming?
The first material opens the TALAP series and sets the global context: strategic foresight is becoming part of contemporary management practice.
The second material shows how TALAP is turning the global practice of strategic foresight into its own tool for Kazakhstan.
The third material documents a practical test of the approach against the economic agenda of Q1 2026.
