After the collapse of the USSR, Kazakhstan embarked on economic reforms emphasizing GDP growth and the creation of a middle class. However, despite a tenfold increase in GDP, inequality has intensified: the wealthiest 10% of citizens now own over 60% of the nation's wealth. The adoption of a Western capitalist system did not enable Kazakhstan to develop a broad-based middle class, leading to protests and heightened social stratification. Even changes in government regimes have failed to resolve the issue of inequality. ❓ What has led Kazakhstan into this critical impasse, and what changes could ensure prosperity for all? Read more in the latest article by Dmitriy M.. The link to the full piece is available on our website: https://lnkd.in/ecfJ5bek
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Dmitriy M. has done a tremendous job in dissecting the system of social support, economic model of development and how its basis is not contributing to the common meaningful growth amidst the structural problems inherent to the capitalism, but only leads to cascading crises in #Kazakhstan. The society at large and the expert community cannot propose any alternative model, hence the status quo prevails. IMO, we need to continue discussing the 'prosperity for all' model proposed by Mazorenko, which is more inclusive, yet precise modalities of its execution are yet to be identified. #SocialJustice #CentralAsia
After the collapse of the USSR, Kazakhstan embarked on economic reforms emphasizing GDP growth and the creation of a middle class. However, despite a tenfold increase in GDP, inequality has intensified: the wealthiest 10% of citizens now own over 60% of the nation's wealth. The adoption of a Western capitalist system did not enable Kazakhstan to develop a broad-based middle class, leading to protests and heightened social stratification. Even changes in government regimes have failed to resolve the issue of inequality. ❓ What has led Kazakhstan into this critical impasse, and what changes could ensure prosperity for all? Read more in the latest article by Dmitriy M.. The link to the full piece is available on our website: https://lnkd.in/ecfJ5bek
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Despite successive rounds of privatization and economic reforms, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) remain a prominent feature of the Central Asian economic landscape. Improving their efficiency is intrinsically linked to countries' economic growth. In our new Insights Series article we explore different models of managing SOEs in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and policy implications of SOE governance reforms. https://lnkd.in/ddYvU_pB #centralasia #privatization #soe #kazakhstan #uzbekistan
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We have just released a fresh overview of how Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have been retaining the largest enterprises, while declaring an intent to privatize them for years. The state is neither effective managing them, nor it is successful making them public. yet, it is a must do, and many nations have paved the way in the past. This Series was provoked by the news of a soon to be established National Investment Fund in Kyrgyzstan with the same purpose of consolidating large state assets under one roof, introduce corporate governance, operational excellence and profitability to make them attractive assets for domestic and international investors. please follow the link for the full text https://lnkd.in/ddYvU_pB
Despite successive rounds of privatization and economic reforms, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) remain a prominent feature of the Central Asian economic landscape. Improving their efficiency is intrinsically linked to countries' economic growth. In our new Insights Series article we explore different models of managing SOEs in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and policy implications of SOE governance reforms. https://lnkd.in/ddYvU_pB #centralasia #privatization #soe #kazakhstan #uzbekistan
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