ADB lowered its forecast for Kazakhstan's economic growth expecting a decrease in private consumption in response to higher import prices and diminished private investment.
One of the sources to boost the country’s economy growth will be $5.5 billion out of the National Oil Fund to be allocated in 2014 and 2015, Minister of Economic Affairs Yerbolat Dossayev said April 14.
Such projects will bring forth valuable technical know-how, enabling Kazakhstan to transform into a hub of modern industrial production and a source of innovations within the region.
The Asian Development Bank said Tuesday the region's emerging economies would pick up this year but warned that the recovery remained fragile due to the eurozone crisis and tensions in Asia.
Asian Development Bank is loaning Kazakhstan $95 million for reconstruction of a road section and construction of a new section of Western Europe-Western China transport corridor.
September 19 the Bank’s management and representatives of the country’s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade unveiled a new Country Partnership Strategy for 2012-2016.
Kazakhstan’s Government, Damu Small Entrepreneurship Development Fund and Asian Development Bank have signed a framework agreement worth $500 million to support small and middle-sized business in Kazakhstan.