The Phenomenon of Self-Employment in Kazakhstan

There is no one definition of the term “self-employment”, but, in general, this phenomenon can be defined as an employment, in which individuals independently carry out activities to sell products of personal subsidiary farming and provide services to other individuals with the purpose of systematic profit making. The term “self-employment” in Kazakhstan first appeared in Soviet times – in the era of perestroika, when the USSR began to radically reform its planned economy.