World Bank talks about quality jobs — what this looks like in practice in Kazakhstan
The abstract claim that economic growth matters not in itself but in whether it creates good jobs is easy to make at any conference. Far harder to test in practice.
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Tajikistan has launched a 250 MW solar power plant
A new solar plant can cover almost half the energy needs of an entire region of the country.
Thousands of leaking barrels of radioactive waste found at the bottom of the Atlantic
A decision made half a century ago still echoes decades later.
Chinese company to invest $30 million in rare mineral mining in Zhambyl region
A mineral that rarely makes headlines turns out to be a quiet but essential link in producing far more hyped rare metals.
El Niño threatens coffee crops in four key countries at once
Your morning coffee is the latest victim of what a strengthening climate phenomenon can affect.
The state has been putting the loss-making herbicide plant up for auction for the second year in a row
A year ago, there were no buyers for this asset at all.
Potato exports from Kazakhstan increased more than 10 times
Infographic on vegetable exports. In six months, Kazakh vegetables reached neighbors in volumes that a year ago would have seemed fantastic.