Employment 2020 Programme Starts Strong
ASTANA – The Employment 2020 Programme got off to a strong start last year. Minister of Labour and Social Protection Serik Abdenov said that in 2012 the number of people willing to participate in it grew by 66 percent; the number of social contracts concluded under it increased by 70 percent and the number of…
Agrobusiness 2020 to Boost Competitiveness, Growth
ASTANA – At a meeting of the Government chaired by Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov early this year, Minister of Agriculture Asylzhan Mamytbekov presented the new programme Agrobusiness 2020, which aims to help farmers increase their competitiveness. The programme, for which three trillion tenge of public funds are allocated, will provide Kazakhstan’s producers with government support…
