Kazakh President Sacks Government Over Economic Failures
Kazakh President Sacks Government Over Economic Failures
Nazarbayev’s statement comes amid rising dissatisfaction in Kazakhstan, whose commodity-dependent economy has struggled to recover from a 2014 plunge in oil prices and Western sanctions against key trade partner Russia. “GDP growth is mainly achieved due to raw materials,” Nazarbayev said. “But the government together with the National Bank did not manage to fully create real incentives and tools for high-quality growth of the economy.”
Nazarbayev also criticised the government for failing to realise government programmes aimed at boosting living standards. “The real incomes of the population haven't accumulated. The share of food expenses within the family budget is growing,” he said.
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