The current economic situation in Kazakhstan was discussed at the enlarged meeting of the country’s government held on July 15, 2019 under the chair-manship of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The meeting’s primary goal was to discuss Kazakhstan’s economic performance in the first half of 2019 and specify main priority targets until the end of 2019 and beyond.
Kanat Makhanov is a research fellow at the Eurasian Institute of the International H.A Yassawi Kazakh-Turkish University. He holds a BA in Business Economics from the KIMEP University from 2012. In 2014 he earned his Masters degree in Economics from the University of Vigo (Spain), completing his thesis on “Industrial Specialization in autonomous regions of Spain and Kazakhstan”. His main research interests are Spatial Economics, Economic Geography, Regional Economics, Human and Economic Geography.