Economic performance and framework conditions for innovation in Kazakhstan

This chapter provides an overview of Kazakhstan’s macroeconomic performance and framework conditions for innovation. The first section presents macroeconomic developments of Kazakhstan since its independence, with a focus on the period of Kazakhstan’s strong growth which extended from about 2000 to the recent slowdown. The second section looks at changes in the production structure and the country’s insertion in global trade. The final section addresses the current state of framework conditions as they relate to entrepreneurship and innovation.