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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author Profiles -- Abbreviations -- Map and Fast Facts -- 1. The Kazakhstan Economy: Achievements, Prospects, and Policy Challenges -- 1.1 Growth, Inequality, and Environmental Dynamics -- 1.2 The National Wealth Fund -- 1.3 Real Exchange Rate Movements and the Inflation Target -- 1.4 The Dutch Disease -- 1.5 Diversification of the Economy -- 1.6 Transcending the Middle-Income Challenge -- 1.7 Country Diagnostic Study for Kazakhstan -- References -- 2. Policies to Unlock Kazakhstan's Agricultural Potential -- 2.1 Kazakhstan's Policy Framework for Agriculture -- 2.2 Kazakhstan's Agricultural Performance -- 2.3 Kazakhstan's Agricultural Development Challenges -- 2.4 Policy Options to Unlock Agricultural Potential -- 2.5 Conclusions -- References -- Appendix 1: Methods for Measuring Technical Efficiency of Agricultural Producers in Kazakhstan using Stochastic Frontier Production Functions for Panel Data -- Appendix 2: Summary Statistics of Variables Used in Technical Efficiency Analysis -- 3. Kazakhstan's Manufacturing Potential -- 3.1 Kazakhstan's Industrial Programs: An Overview -- 3.2 Kazakhstan's Manufacturing Sector -- 3.3 Why Does Kazakhstan Need to Diversify Its Economy? -- 3.4 Potential Benefits of Diversification -- 3.5 Kazakhstan's Performance in Diversifying Its Manufacturing Sector, 1995-2015 -- 3.6 Product Space Analysis -- 3.7 Identifying High-Potential Export Products in Kazakhstan -- 3.8 Elements of Successful Manufacturing Development: Lessons and Insights from Other Countries -- 3.9 Policy Priorities for Manufacturing Development in Kazakhstan -- References -- Appendix 1: Kazakhstan's Exported Goods with Revealed Comparative Advantage > 1, in 2015.

This report evaluates the education reform agenda of Kazakhstan – its feasibility and focus – by taking stock of present-day strengths and weaknesses of the secondary education system. The report also provides guidance on adjusting the reform implementation plans in line with international experiences and best practices regarding educational change, and consolidates much of the previously dispersed (national) data on primary and secondary schools in Kazakhstan into a common analytical base of evidence, validated by the education authorities. Chapter 1 of this report provides an overview of the country, it education system and reform plans. Subsequent chapters provide analysis of and recommendations on equity and effectiveness of schooling; assessment and evaluation practices; policies for teachers and principals; expenditure patterns and financing mechanisms; vocational education and training; and a summary of the recommendations.

KEY ISSUESContext: Solid growth in recent years, supported by high oil prices and output, has boosted living standards. This year, the economy is slowing down, in large part because of weaker domestic and external demand, and regional tensions. Inflation is expected to accelerate temporarily due to the devaluation of the tenge (February 2014). Enhancing the policy architecture and promoting a business environment unencumbered by the state remain key challenges for Kazakhstan to become a dynamic emerging market economy and ensure durable and balanced long-term growth. The recent reappointment o

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- About This Book -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Preface -- 2 Delayed Decolonization -- 2.1 Minefield, or Decolonization -- 2.2 Edward Said's Revolution in Orientalism and Nomadism -- 2.3 Colonization of Kazakhstan: Stages, Forms, Specifics -- 2.4 Post-colonial Theory and the Process of Decolonization -- 2.5 Post-imperial Syndrome and the Process of Decolonization -- 2.6 Post-colonial Syndrome and Collective Memory -- 2.7 Cultural Dominance: Yesterday and Today -- 2.8 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Nomads: Experience of Reconstruction -- 3.1 Identity and Decolonization of Consciousness -- 3.2 Decolonization of History, or the Voice of the Other -- 3.3 Reboot: Decolonization and Literature -- 3.4 Nomadism and Sedentism: Deconstruction -- 3.5 Bai: Exploiter or Defender of the Interests of the People? -- 3.6 Hierarchy vs Network, or Nomadism of the Twenty-First Century -- 3.7 Destruction of the Network, Power, Society, Earth -- 3.8 Conclusion -- References -- 4 The Other Side of the Myth -- 4.1 Liberation from Myths: How the Kazakhs Were "Taught" Agriculture -- 4.2 Poor Nomad: Myth and Truth -- 4.3 Unrecognized Court of Biys and Stereotypes About It -- 4.4 Slandered Barymta -- 4.5 The "Oppressed" Kazakh Woman: A Different Look -- 4.6 The Origin of the Russian Cossacks -- 4.7 Who Raised the Industry in Kazakhstan and for Whom Was It Raised? -- 4.8 Who Were Cities in Kazakhstan Built for and Who For? -- 4.9 Destroyed Virgin Land -- 4.10 "Golden Age" of the USSR, or Comes with Ice Cream -- 4.11 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Overcoming the Consequences of Colonization -- 5.1 Collective Trauma -- 5.2 Asharshylyk of the 1920s-1930s, or They Came Out of the Famine -- 5.3 Broken by Starvation, or the Consequences of Asharshylyk -- 5.4 The Guillotine of Political Repression, or the Headless People.

Kazakhstan has made important gains in gender equality over the past decade, but gaps still remain. This OECD Review of Gender Policy Delivery in Kazakhstan comes at a moment when Kazakhstan is developing a new Gender Equality and Family Policy up to 2030 which seeks to enable equality of rights, benefits, responsibilities, and opportunities for men and women in all areas of social life, and eliminate all forms of gender discrimination. This review examines the institutional, policy-making and accountability frameworks for advancing and sustaining gender equality and mainstreaming initiatives. It provides actionable policy recommendations based on international good practice and the highest standards of performance, with a view to supporting Kazakhstan's new policy.

Based on extensive field work and in-depth interviews in Kazakhstan, this book presents a comprehensive study of the issues of politics of oil and state-business relationships in Kazakhstan. It examines the ways in which the post-Soviet Kazakh regime has managed to sustain itself in power

Kazakhstan has experienced a long period of high and sustained economic growth, largely driven by oil and gas exports. However, the drop in 2014 of the international price of oil highlighted the risks of dependence on natural resource activities. Kazakhstan must diversify its economic base to ensure that it can continue to "catch up" and move into higher value-added goods and services. This review looks at how a modern approach to regional development can help Kazakhstan by mobilising the growth potential of different parts of the economy and territory, supporting economic diversification and reducing regional inequalities.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- CONTEXT -- OUTLOOK AND RISKS -- POLICY DISCUSSIONS -- A. Fiscal Policy -- B. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy -- C. Financial Stability -- D. Structural Reforms and Governance -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- BOX -- 1. Astana International Financial Center -- FIGURES -- 1. Economic Developments -- 2. Banking Sector Developments -- 3. Key Financial Soundness Indicators, Cross-Country Comparison -- 4. Capital Markets Indicators -- 5. Monetary and External Sector Developments -- 6. Fiscal Developments and Outlooks -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Economic Indicators, 2014-23 -- 2. Balance of Payments, 2014-23 -- 3. Financial Soundness Indicators of the Banking Sector, 2013-17 -- 4. Monetary Accounts, 2014-23 -- 5a. General Government Fiscal Operations, 2014-23 -- 5b. General Government Fiscal Operations, 2014-23 -- 6. Oil Indicators, 2014-23 -- ANNEXES -- I. External Sector Assessment -- II. Risk Assessment Matrix -- III. Public Debt Sustainability Analysis -- CONTENTS -- RELATIONS WITH THE FUND -- RELATIONS WITH THE WORLD BANK GROUP -- RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT -- RELATIONS WITH THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK -- STATISTICAL ISSUES.