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The search for stability, in light of a global economy, has become crucial. With the increasing commercial barriers, supply chains, and the reshaping of geopolitical tensions of global alliances, the markets that were safe have become more vulnerable to turmoil.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development expects that global growth will slow down to only 3.1% in 2025, while inflation will remain high, driven by climate disorders, energy fluctuations, and continuous commercial restrictions, and for global investors, the challenge does not lie in the mere pursuit of returns; Rather, in identifying markets that provide long -term flexibility and strategic value.
Here, the solution does not lie in traditional financial centers, but rather in the emerging markets that created itself calmly and carefully to be important in the long term, and Kazakhstan is one of these countries.
A pillar for investment
While the advanced economies are struggling with debts and political uncertainty, Kazakhstan has strengthened the steadfastness of its position as a European pillar of trade and investment, thanks to its strategic location between China and Russia, and along the Silk Road, Kazakhstan quickly turns into a reliable gateway to regional trade, it has turned it with its modern infrastructure, its reforms that focus on investors, and its efforts in economic diversification, into one of the most of the most of the most Investment destinations are attractive in Central Asia.
In 2024 alone, Kazakhstan received $ 15.7 billion of new investment projects, an increase of 88% compared to the previous year, in a clear indication of the increasing and acceleration of its attractiveness.
The rise of Kazakhstan was not a pure investment center, but was built on the basis of thoughtful and looking reforms to the future, and this trend is based on.The principle of investment policy until 2029 ″ (Investment Policy Concept Through 2029) What the government adopts to eliminate bureaucracy, ensure equality in the treatment of foreign investors, and give priority to high -capabilities sectors such as advanced manufacturing industries, agriculture, and green energy.
But these reforms are not just aspirations, but are implemented with a discipline towards the target, and a prominent example of this is the national digital investment platform, a system that operates at full capacity and enhances transparency and simplifies cooperation between investors and government agencies, and instead of being.Bureaucratic filterThe platform works as a facilitator, which provides speed and responsibility in making investment decisions.
“The investment strategy of Kazakhstan is based on the ability to predict and openly. We are not only created opportunities, but we also create the appropriate conditions for long -term partnerships with mutual benefit,” says Ali Bakkirrov, Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan.
The major international companies already reap the fruits of these efforts; For example, Pepsico invests $ 160 million to enhance the agricultural value chain in Kazakhstan, by saving potatoes locally and training farmers on sustainable practices.
Meanwhile, the Kia Auto Industry Company decided to invest in building another factory outside South Korea, and this time in Kazakhstan, allocating $ 250 million to expand its production and benefit from the growing industrial capabilities in the region, these are not just investments in Kazakhstan, but rather bets on the country’s stability and long -term capabilities.
Confidence
This vote is based on trust from international companies to a firm orientation; Since 1993, Kazakhstan attracted $ 441 billion in foreign direct investment from many countries, led by the Netherlands, the United States, France, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
International interest in investing in Kazakhstan has increased, as countries such as Qatar, China, Turkey, Australia and Germany have increased significantly in infrastructure, energy and logistical services until 2024.
What distinguishes Kazakhstan is its compatibility with international economic and environmental priorities; Thanks to its rich reserves of rare ground minerals and the growing petrochemical sector, the country has a strategic location to support global green transformation, through clean energy partnerships with the European Union, Kazakhstan helps build the foundations of a more sustainable and safe energy.
The ongoing construction projects of more than $ 10 billion, including logistical corridors, solar energy farms and wind power stations, confirm the country’s ambition to be a vital center for trade and energy between East and West.
Astana International Forum
Categorically, Kazakhstan’s transformation is institutionalized as much as it is economical, as government incentives are directly related to the creation of job opportunities, skills development, technology transfer, and environmental sustainability, and this guarantees not only strong growth, but comprehensive and looking for the future.
This commitment to global integration and openness will be issued at the upcoming Astana International Forum, to be held on May 29 and 30 under the slogan “Continue Minds, and draw the features of the future.”
The forum will bring together heads of state, ministers, executives, policy makers and leaders from international organizations and NGOs to discuss the most urgent global challenges, starting with sustainable development to investment cooperation.
The forum exceeds that it is a symbolic gathering to represent Kazakhstan’s vision for a more interconnected, transparent and rich future, and Ali Kwanterov, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, says: “The Astana International Forum reflects Kazakhstan’s ambition to be a bridge between regions, sectors and ideas. We believe in dialogue, openness and common solutions to global challenges.”
In the era of economic turmoil and alliance changes, Kazakhstan provides a convincing alternative to a market that establishes its pillars of strategic clarity, the consistency of policies, and a proactive investment approach based on partnerships, and for international companies and investors looking for new and sustainable growth, Kazakhstan is no longer an emerging story, but a present opportunity, and now is the time of work.
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