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Our guest is Okhonov Farhad Rashidovich, Chairman of the Board of Halyk Finance. The accumulative element of the pension system is the object of constant public criticism. One of the problems is the low investment profitability. During the period of the UAPF's existence (2013-2023), the accumulated investment yield amounted to 139.2% with accumulated official inflation of 153.8%. At the same time, during this time, the tenge exchange rate weakened by 202%.
For two weeks we have been watching the rapid decline of the dollar. Since April 18, 2024, the dollar has fallen in price by 9 tenge against the tenge. What will happen next and whether it is worth running to banks and buying up currency now, he says Zakon.kz .
If you look at the relations between Kazakhstan and Russia from the outside, you can see the largest land border in the world in terms of length, and a huge number of bilateral agreements, unions and organizations that include both countries. However, it is worth looking deeper as it becomes obvious that most joint organizations do not work at the proper level, and agreements remain on paper.
Japan is launching a five-year program to develop a national multimodal AI model for robots and autonomous manufacturing: 378.3 billion yen in the first year, annual stage-gate audits, and the transfer of trained weights to the entire ecosystem. We break down the program based on primary sources — and what Kazakhstan should take note of.
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.
Material No. 1 in the series “School in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” TALAP Center for Applied Research, in collaboration with Global Education Futures.
After studying international practice, TALAP began developing its own approach to strategic foresight in Kazakhstan. Its main purpose is to connect expert observations, facts from the economic agenda and possible consequences of change into a single analytical framework.
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.
