KAZAKHSTAN IN THE NEW GLOBAL REALITY: IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE, ENSURING ECONOMIC GROWTH

Toronto, May 23rd, 2017

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KAZAKHSTAN: NEW ECONOMIC POLICY

“The Path to the Future”: Basic Directions

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KAZAKHSTAN: IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPANDING TRANSIT OPTIONS

Western Europe – Western China International Transit Corridor (Highway)

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KAZAKHSTAN: IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPANDING TRANSIT OPTIONS

Khorgos – Eastern Gate transport and logistics hub and Kazakhstan-Chinese International Center for Cross-Border Cooperation

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Istambul

Saint-Petersburg

Hamburg

Riga

Dubai

Gorgan

TehranSarakhs

Ileck

Moscow

Aksaraiskaya

Guangzhou

Lianyungang

Brest

Urumqi

Amsterdam

Chongqing

Duisburg

Hong Kong

Chengdu

Shenzhen

Dostyk

Novosibirsk

Barnaul

Tyumen

ChelyabinksSamara

Saratov

Xian

Baku

Omsk

Khorgos

Akta

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Oral

Zhezkazgan

Bereket

Atyrau

Uzen

Aktobe

Kostanai

Saksaulskay

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ASTANA

SEZ Khorgos

Pavlodar

Beineu

Shubarkol

Semei

Shymkent

Arkaly

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Wuhan

Mundra

Mumbai

Bandar-Abbas

Kuryk

Tehran

Klaiped

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KAZAKHSTAN: IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPANDING TRANSIT OPTIONS

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Kazakhstan's Participation in Belt and Road Forum

for International Cooperation (May 14th – 15th, Beijing, China)

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Five directions of institutional reforms:

1) improving public service;

2) ensuring the rule of law;

3) promoting economic growth;

4) strengthening Kazakhstan’s identity;

5) increasing transparency and accountability of the Government.

The Government has adopted a Plan titled “Modern State for All”,

which includes 100 concrete steps.

In January 2015, Kazakhstan signed a Country Program with

OECD in order to implement the advanced tools and standards of

public service that are applied in the most developed countries,

including Canada.

KAZAKHSTAN: INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

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KAZAKHSTAN – CANADA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

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The Astana International Financial Centre

will be established on the platform of EXPO-2017

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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