The country is being prepared for budget and tax reforms
We may be deprived of the "buns" from Tokayev - they will forbid us to withdraw part of the pension money. Such a proposal was made by "dear experts" – in their opinion, this is how Kazakhstanis reduce their assets and in the end they will simply remain without an adequate pension.
But how can you solve the problem of the majority, just by limiting the minority, which does not have such a problem? Most experts believe that the government has long needed to initiate a serious reform of the pension system, rather than feign concern.
The government's moves to find money in an inflated budget are raising more and more questions in the expert community.
The draft of the new Tax Code provides for a special tax regime for the self-employed, which does not involve the collection of taxes from this category of payers, reports Zakon.kz .
A working version of the research report “The Carbon Farming Industry in Kazakhstan: Unlocking Opportunities”, prepared jointly with the International Center for Competition Law and Policy of the BRICS at the Higher School of Economics and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).
On August 29, 2023, the TALAP Center for Applied Research Public Foundation presented the research "Business Climate of the New Time" at the forum "Stagnation or the New 90s" in Astana: how will SMEs develop?"
For over three decades, China has amazed the world with the rapid pace of its economic growth. In the 70s, the Chinese economy was more agrarian and based on a command-administrative system, but as a result of consecutive market reforms, the economic landscape of the Celestial Empire has dramatically transformed.
The presentation presents the main factors of monetary policy inefficiency and high inflation. This includes a pro-inflationary exchange rate policy, a non-functioning interest rate channel, as well as proposals to improve the situation, in particular, the transition to a comprehensive anti-inflationary policy that takes into account all inflation factors and provides for joint targeting of inflation, smoothing exchange rate fluctuations and economic growth.
The issue of China's growing influence in Kazakhstan becomes increasingly relevant each year. The PRC is one of Kazakhstan's key foreign economic partners. There is a strategic necessity for a systematic and comprehensive study of China. Alongside this, there is a need for strengthening and creating new platforms and mechanisms for interaction between the expert community, business structures, government apparatus, and universities in this research direction.
