Kazakhstan and ADB
In the Spotlight
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ADB, Tengri Bank Sign Agreement to Support Trade in Kazakhstan
ADB and Tengri Bank signed a trade finance agreement enabling ADB’s Trade Finance Program (TFP) to provide guarantees to support import and export transactions in Kazakhstan.
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Workshop Discusses Kazakhstan's Urban Water Supply, Sanitation Issues
Urban development experts, private sector specialists, key government officials, representatives of oblast (provincial) administrations, and experts from international financial institutions gathered in Astana for a two-day workshop to discuss Kazakhstan’s urban water supply and sanitation infrastructure needs.
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Business Opportunities in Kazakhstan
Giovanni Capannelli, Country Director of ADB's Kazakhstan Resident Mission, gives an overview of ADB's operations in the country.
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ADB-Kazakhstan Partnership Strategy
The country operations business plan to guide ADB operations in Kazakhstan during 2017-2019 is consistent with CPS 2012-2016 in aiming to accelerate the country's economic diversification and increase its competitive ability for sustainable and inclusive growth.
In the early 1990s, Kazakhstan was transitioning from a centrally planned economy to one driven by market forces. ADB began supporting the Government of Kazakhstan in 1994, a few years after the country became independent, by providing much-needed assistance in agriculture, education, finance, and the delivery of social services.
Since the early 2000s, Kazakhstan has pursued economic diversification to avoid being stuck in the “middle-income trap.” It seeks to transform from a landlocked to a “landlinked” economy. To address these development needs, ADB cooperation with Kazakhstan in recent years has focused on the finance and transport sectors and on knowledge partnerships.
Kazakhstan is a member of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program.
Read the ADB and Kazakhstan fact sheet.
Activities
Workshop on Kazakhstan’s urban water supply and sanitation investment needs held in Astana 
ADB discusses opportunities for cooperation with Governor of Kostanay region Latest
ADB VP Reaffirms Support to Kazakhstan, Regional Cooperation
ADB Vice-President Wencai Zhang is on a 4-day visit in Astana where he has held talks with senior officials of the Government of Kazakhstan about ADB’s new 2017-2021 Country Partnership Strategy.Opening Remarks at the 10th Astana Economic Forum – Wencai Zhang
Remarks by ADB Vice President Wencai Zhang at the Central Asian Economies’ Shared Prosperity: CAREC 2030 Strategy Session of the 10th Astana Economic Forum on 15 June 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
ADB operations in Kazakhstan help to open up transport routes, foster private enterprises, promote social equality and inclusive growth, and develop knowledge products and services.
Asian Development Bank and Kazakhstan: Fact Sheet
Projects in Kazakhstan
Approved/Active
- Fostering the Development of Renewable Energy
- Supporting Resilience of Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises Finance Project
- CAREC Corridors 1 and 6 Connector Road (Aktobe–Makat) Reconstruction Project
- Road Maintenance Sustainability Project
- Joint Government of Kazakhstan and the Asian Development Bank Knowledge and Experience Exchange Program, Phase 2
Closed
- Countercyclical Support
- Managing for Development Results in the Transport Sector of Kazakhstan
- Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Program - Tranche 2
- Joint Government of Kazakhstan and the Asian Development Bank Knowledge and Experience Exchange Program, Phase 1
- Alternative Urban Infrastructure Financing Modalities
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2.7%
Population living below the national poverty line in Kazakhstan (2015)
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1.5%
Average annual population growth rate in Kazakhstan (2011-2016)
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12
Maternal mortality ratio in Kazakhstan, per 100,000 live births (2015)
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17.8
Population in Kazakhstan, in millions (2016)
