2014/02/14 – The Gaidar Readings in Kazakhstan

The sponsors of the Gaidar Readings were as follows: the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, the RANEPA, the Yegor Gaidar Fund and the Institute for Economic Research under the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the conference, participants discussed the issues of economic development and cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia, the prospects of the Customs Union and the Single Eurasian Economic Space, as well as the specifics of financial systems of CIS states and the experience of Eastern Europe in the transition period. Маdina Аbylkasymova, Vice-Minister of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Boris Mints, Chairman of the Board of the Yegor Gaidar Fund made a welcome address to the participants in the Gaidar Readings.

Boris Mints was a moderator of the morning session. At the session, the following participants took the floor: Sultan Akimbekov, Director of the Institute for the Global Economy and Policy under the Fund of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Rakhim Oshakbayev, First Deputy to the Chairman of the Board of the National Economic Chamber of Kazakhstan (The Business Climate in Countries of the Single Economic Space); Evgeny Yasin, Academic Director of the National Research University “The Higher School of Economics” (The Main Challenges of the Economic Policy of Russia at the Present Stage); Кuandyk Bishimbayev, Chairman of the Board of the National Management Holding Baiterek, a joint-stock company (The Investment Priorities and Mechanisms of Support of Industrial and Innovation Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan); Sergei Dubinin, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OAO Bank VTB (Financial Systems of the CIS States and Stability of Economic Growth); Simeon Dyankov, Rector of the Russian Economic School (Transition Processes in Eastern Europe: 25 Years); Andrei Lapin, Head of the Department of Methodology and Analysis of the Department of Macroeconomic Policy of the Eurasian Economic Commission (The Interaction in the Single Economic Space: Approaches to Evaluation). 

The day session was presided over by Sergei Prikhodko, Executive Director of the Gaidar Institute. The speakers of the session were as follows: Sara Alpysbayeva, Director of the Center for Macroeconomic, Applied Economic and Mathematical Research of АО IEI (Kazakhstan in the Single Economic Space: Evaluation of Macroeconomic Effects); Galina Balandina, Senior Researcher of the RANEPA (The Customs Legislation in the Single Customs Territory of the Customs Union. Problems and Solutions); Ruslan Sultanov, General Director of the Center for Development of Trade Policy under the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan (The Issues of Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Global and Regional Economies); Pavel Kadochnikov, Pro-Rector for Research of the All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation (Has the Integration of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus Produced Positive Results); Maksat Mukhanov, Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Economic Research under the Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning of the Republic of Kazakhstan (The Long-Term Priorities of Economic Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan); Alexander Knobel, Head of the Foreign Trade Department of the Gaidar Institute (The Possible Economic Consequences of the Trade Agreement Between the Eurasian Economic Union and the EU in Terms of Eurasian Integration); Victor Yaroshenko, Editor-in-Chief of the Vestnik Evropy magazine (Kazakhstan and Russia – Cooperation in the Global Context). 

In the discussion, the following participants took part: Каirat Kelimbetov, Head of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Аyana Manasova, Head of the Center for Strategic Development and Analysis under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Andrei Nechayev, Minister of Economy of Russia in 1992–1993 and Yakov Urison, Minister of Economy of Russia in 1997–1998.

Presentationstospeeches:

• P. Kadochnikov. Has the Integration of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus Produced Positive Results
• А. Knobel. The Possible Economic Consequences of the Trade Agreement Between the Eurasian Economic Union and the EU in Terms of Eurasian Integration