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Kazakhstan’s GDP Is Growing, but Is Its Economy Transforming? 

By Nagima Abuova  on 29 October 2026

ASTANA — Kazakhstan should think like a small, open economy and look to California’s transformation beyond oil, rather than relying on higher commodity prices and government spending to sustain economic growth, former World Bank chief economist Indermit Gill told The Astana Times on Oct. 29. Gill, who, alongside economist...