‘Nurly Zhol’ will become an engine of growth for Kazakhstan's economy - Head of State

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has announced the new economic policy of Kazakhstan - "Nurly Zhol", said the agency "Novosti-Kazakhstan". "Today, in response to the challenges that lie ahead, I am announcing the new economic policy of Kazakhstan", said Nursultan Nazarbayev in his annual address to the citizens of the country. "Nurly Zhol" will be the engine of growth for Kazakhstan's economy in the coming years, the years of crisis for the world economy, the President said. The new policy requires, above all, active construction of roads, which will create 200 thousand new jobs. According to the President, the plan envisages extensive development of transport networks and logistics infrastructure as part of shaping the macro-regions inside the country that would be concentrated around their hub cities. The nationwide network would connect macro-regions between them, as well as with Astana, through roads, railway links and airlines. In addition, Nazarbayev ordered the Government to annually allocate $3 billion from the National Fund from 2015 to 2017 to support reforms and infrastructure projects.