Kazakhstan’s Developmental Journey

Anastasia Koulouri is a Lecturer at the Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Previously she has held posts at the University of Strathclyde and Abertay University (UK), the Technical University of Helsinki (Finland), and the Belgian Nuclear Energy Research Centre (Belgium). She holds a PhD in Management Science from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. Her research interests include energy policy and security in resource-rich countries with particular focus on Kazakhstan, and sustainable development of transitional economies. Dr Koulouri has co-edited volumes on Energy Security (Palgrave Macmillan 2019), and on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus (Routledge 2019).  Nikolai Mouraviev is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Business, Law and Social Sciences, Abertay University, Dundee, Scotland, UK. Previously he has held teaching positions at KIMEP University (Kazakhstan); Wayne State University (US); and Viterbo University (US). Part of his research focuses on public-private collaboration in developing nations, and he has published extensively in this area including a monograph (Palgrave Macmillan 2017) and an edited volume (Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2017). In addition, his research interests include entrepreneurship and governance of the energy sector. Dr Mouraviev has co-authored seven books, including two research monographs, and published more than 50 papers.

“It is noteworthy that most of the chapters were written by young researchers from Kazakhstan, who contributed to the significant enrichment of the book with meaningful empirical data and expert assessments of modern political and socio—economic trends in Kazakhstan. … this book could also be recommended to students and researchers not only in the field of public administration but also in the field of international relations for a deeper understanding … and the economic diplomacy of Kazakhstan.” (Almas Dissyukov, Acta Via Serica, Vol. 6 (2), December, 2021)

• Part 1: The Role of Key Sectors in Transforming the Nation.- Chapter 1. Introduction: An overview of Kazakhstan’s developmental journey since 1991.- Chapter 2. Kazakhstan’s economy and its oil sector: A developmental state or resource curse model?.- Chapter 3. Evolution of agricultural policy in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 4. The role of the educational community in developing Kazakhstan’s higher education sector: Autonomy, self-organisation, and capacity to influence policy.- Part 2: New Paradigms for Kazakhstan’s Market Economy.- Chapter 5. Public service provision in Kazakhstan: Challenges to procedural fairness.- Chapter 6. Public-private partnerships in Kazakhstan: Evolution of the government policy and reality of PPP deployment.- Chapter 7. Water-energy-food nexus thinking in Kazakhstan: Choice or necessity?.- Chapter 8. Monotowns of Kazakhstan: Development challenges and opportunities.- Part 3: Conclusion.- Chapter 9. Insights into embedded policy paradigms and Kazakhstan’s future trajectory.