Counting the Cost - Kazakhstan's changing fortunes

The resource-rich country is reforming its financial sector but is this diversification coming at a price?

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[Qazaq Tili]

Since this brief program was prepared, the government of Kazakhstan has taken even more weird decisions, such as increasing pension age of women, reduction of social payments for maternity leave, significant increase in prices for utilities, food products and medicine. Is it the price that we are paying for enormous government expenses or is it copying of western economy? 

[Qazaq Tili]

Where are these money are invested and why? How come (according to UNDP) we have over 20% of poverty, with so many assets? Who is at fault and why? Is there any guarantee that $21bln will not follow $54 billion to invest the rest of the world leaving people of Kazakhstan in poverty?

[Qazaq Tili]

Thanks for showing concern about Kazakhstan. However, it is not very clear what was the objective in doing this program. The questions were not clearly answered, the life of common man was not shown as result of bad political and economic decisions and the questions were not direct either. In order to understand why there are so many contradictions in our economy, political set up should have been investigated and highlighted more thoroughly. Why $54billion do not benefit people of Kazakhstan?

[himakgam]

this guy 7.30 is delusional. he should get out of his office and the capital to understand why his country is called third world if even that

[Samuella133]

thanks!