Radical reforms planned for Kazakhstan

KAZAKHSTAN'S 100 Concrete Steps initiative was launched earlier this year as a pre-emptive step ahead of worsening regional and global conditions as sanctions, slowing economic growth and falling energy and commodity prices led to a deepening slump.

Dubbed Plan of the Nation, the plan was unveiled soon after President Nursultan Nazarbayev's re-election and is designed to provide the strong national platform needed to overcome both short-term challenges and achieve the country's ambition of joining the top 30 developed countries by 2050.

It is a comprehensive reform package that builds on past progress to drive improvements in all the country's institutional pillars.