Kazakhstan: Resources
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Executive Briefing: The objective here is to report job satisfaction results from an employee survey conducted between 2005 and 2007 in four formerly socialist economies: Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan, with a focus on gender and generational differences in response patterns. Personal contacts, the currency used to achieve objectives in formerly socialist economies, dictated the survey locations. Foreign scholars, part of a mentoring program that involved training in survey research, became the local project coordinators; so by default, the project locations included: Ufa, Russia; Yerevan, Armenia; Almaty and Taldyquorgan, Kazakhstan; and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. While a single location cannot possibly capture the population or workforce diversity in the country, for convenience, I refer to country name when discussing results. Opens in PDF format.
| Main Government Page |
en.government.kz |
| Statistics Office |
eng.stat.kz |
| Central Banks |
nationalbank.kz |
| Stock Exchanges |
kase.kz |
| Export Promotion Agency |
kaznex.kz |
| Investment Promotion Agency |
kaznex.kz |
Other Resources
EUROBAK: European Business Associaton of Kazakhstan
EUROBAK is a joint initiative of EU companies and the Delegation of the European Union Commission. It is a non-commercial organization representing the EU community in Kazakhstan and aiming to promote business relationships between Kazakhstan and the EU nations. The website published a monthly newsletter, provides a list of business events, and update on all activities.
gE Module: Doing Business in Central Asia
This module provides a general overview of the Central Asia region, with an especial emphasis on Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It includes sections on business culture, business tactics, and constraints to doing business in this region. An additional section focuses on conducting business in Kazakhstan.
Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CISSTAT)
The Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is an official disseminator of statistical information on social and economic situations in the CIS countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan). This site is available in Russian and English.
Kazakhstan: Communicaid
This website provides an overview of Kazakh culture and general business practices related to working relationships, structure & hierarchy in Kazakh companies, etc.
Kazakhstan: Culture Crossing
This section of Culture Crossing includes basic cultural practices in Kazakhstan for greetings, personal space, gestures, eye contact, etc. It also includes general business etiquette in the country related to meetings, dress, negotiations, gift giving, etc.
Kazakhstan: InvestKZ.com
InvestKZ.com is a publication for professionals publishing analytical material in the sphere of business and investment. Articles are sorted as economy & business, comoanies & markets, and news. It is available in Russian and English.
United Nations Development Program in Kazakhstan
This resource is the part of the UN's global development network. Its purpose is to promote economic growth and social equality. The website provides a information on the current projects that are being undertaken to improve the economy as well as a database of past publications. Available in Russian, English, and Kazakh.