Kazakhstan and ADB
In the Spotlight
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ADB VP Reaffirms Support to Kazakhstan, Regional Cooperation
ADB Vice-President Wencai Zhang reaffirms that ADB will continue to support the Government of Kazakhstan’s development agenda and is exploring new ways of engaging with the country, including public-private partnerships, blended finance, and other innovative financing approaches.
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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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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
ADB Board members visit Kazakhstan 
Vice President Diwakar Gupta participates in the Foreign Investors' Council Plenary Session in Astana Latest
Small and medium-sized enterprises face information asymmetries that hinder access to finance.
Solutions for SMEs’ difficulties in accessing finance: Asian experiences
Forum Highlights New Technology and Financing for Future Energy
Officials from CAREC countries, international financial institutions, and private sector representatives gathered for a 2-day forum in Astana to discuss financing and leapfrogging technologies for the region to tackle climate change.
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.
Projects in Kazakhstan
Approved/Active
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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1.5%
Average annual population growth rate in Kazakhstan (2011-2016)
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2.7%
Population living below the national poverty line in Kazakhstan (2015)
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17.8
Population in Kazakhstan, in millions (2016)
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12
Maternal mortality ratio in Kazakhstan, per 100,000 live births (2015)
