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The geopolitical power of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan’s commodities-dependent economy has been suffering since 2014 when oil and mineral prices crashed. In just three years, gross domestic product dropped by 42%, from $235.6 billion in 2014 to $137.3 billion in 2016. A modest…

Financing sustainable development

Covid-19 has very been expensive in terms of budgets as well as lives. Rich countries have rightly ramped up their budgetary spending – and budget deficits – to keep their populations afloat and to spur a post-pandemic recovery. They have…