The Kazakhstan US Investment Forum will take place in December


erlan_idrissov This year's US-Kazakhstan Investment Forum is taking place at a highly auspicious time in the country’s history as Kazakhstan prepares to celebrate 20 years of sovereign independence.

 

During its 20 years as an independent nation Kazakhstan has built a stable and prosperous economy that is rapidly catching up with the developed world. It has successfully overcome the difficult predicament caused by the recent international economic crisis. Thanks to the government’s anti-crisis programme and the strategy of sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna, Kazakhstan managed to avoid recession and was one of the first countries to emerge from the downturn.

 

Over the past decade Kazakhstan's economy has shown strong growth, assisted by increased prices on world markets for its leading exports of oil, metals and grain. In the same period, GDP was among the highest in the world. The country is also working hard to diversify its economy by exploring new industry sectors in order to develop alternative revenue streams that build on its wealth of natural resources.

 

The Kazakh government’s efforts to encourage investment include the launch of a new tax code, creation of special economic zones and industrial parks and reforms to the judicial system to ensure that the rights and property of individuals and businesses are fully protected. It aims to become one of the top 50 countries in terms of business environment by 2020, and to become one of the leading 10 financial centres in Asia by the same date.

 

Overall, there has never been a better time to invest in Kazakhstan and this forum is the ideal showcase for existing and potential investors to meet leading representatives from the Kazakh government and industry in order to explore together the many possibilities that the country offers.

 

For enquiries please contact Martin Cousens martin.cousens@newsdeskmedia.com
Tel: 0044 (0) 207 650 1600




kazakh embassy US kazakh embassy US us kazakh business association acus newsdesk media