GENERAL OVERVIEW

Timur SHAIMERGENOV

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Timur Shaimergenov, Member of the Secretariat of the Kazakhstan Parliament Majilis (Astana, Kazakhstan)

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A key event defining the vector of the political processes in Kazakhstan during the past year, which in general were distinguished by dynamism and a high level of intensity, was President Nursultan Nazarbaev’s Address to the Nation (March), which set forth Kazakhstan’s Strategy for Joining the World’s Fifty Most Competitive Countries. (The problem of competitiveness prompted many economic and political decisions and was widely discussed in society.)

This document, which was called Kazakhstan on the Brink of a New Leap Forward in its Development defined the new approaches to the state’s further progress. In particular, it proposed a new innovative policy and implementing “breakthrough” projects in the economy. Of prime importance is the emphasis on promoting a high standard of living, on the need for investments in human capital, and on continuing the reforms in education, health care, and social and cultural spheres. The president clearly formulated the conception of a national idea of Kazakhstan society, the main essence of which was the nation’s competitiveness. A whole set of mutually related tasks will have to be resolved to reach this goal, and this will require consolidation of all of Kazakh society.

In December, the country celebrated its 15th anniversary of independence. This anniversary encompassed the fundamental political and socioeconomic reforms which have dramatically changed the life of the entire state. It will be no exaggeration to say that this date drew a line of sorts between the past and……………..

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