OECD Investment Policy Reviews

Foreword
 Table of Contents
 Preface
 Summary and Policy Recommendations
 Box 0.1. General investment policy recommendations
 Box 0.2. Recommendations for improving the investment climate
 Box 0.3. Recommendations concerning responsible business conduct
 Chapter 1. Foreign Direct Investment in Kazakhstan
 Introduction
 Figure 1.1. GDP growth in Kazakhstan, 1991-2010
 Recent FDI trends
 Figure 1.2. FDI inflows and stocks in Kazakhstan
 FDI in Kazakhstan by country of origin
 Table 1.1. FDI in Kazakhstan by country of origin
 FDI in Kazakhstan by sector Figure 1.3. Industrial diversification of exports and FDI inflows, 1993-03/2011Table 1.2. FDI stock in Kazakhstan by sector, as of June 2011
 Table 1.3. Largest foreign M&As in Kazakhstan, 2006-11
 Box 1.1. Kazakhstan-China investment relations
 Outward investments from Kazakhstan
 Figure 1.4. FDI outflows and inflows, 2000-10
 Note
 Bibliography
 Chapter 2. Foreign Direct Investment Regime
 Overall policy approach towards foreign investment
 Table 2.1. Principal legislation governing foreign investment in Kazakhstan
 Horizontal policies affecting FDI
 The Law on Investment
 Taxation Local contentForeign labour and key personnel
 Sectoral restrictions on foreign investment
 Oil and gas
 Table 2.2. Amendments to the Subsoil Law, 1996-2010
 Box 2.1. Major oil fields in Kazakhstan
 Telecommunications
 Finance
 Other sectors
 Public procurement
 Measures based on national security considerations
 Public monopolies
 Privatisation process
 Box 2.2. Strategic facilities excluded from privatisation
 Box 2.3. Kazakhstan\'s sovereign wealth fund: Samruk-Kazyna
 OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index for Kazakhstan
 Box 2.4. Calculating the FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index Figure 2.1. FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index score by countryFigure 2.2. FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index score by sector
 Figure 2.3. FDI restrictiveness and FDI performance
 Notes
 Bibliography
 Chapter 3. Kazakhstan\'s Policy Framework for Investment
 Introduction
 Box 3.1. The Policy Framework for Investment
 Investment policy
 Access to information and public consultations
 Regulatory and procedural transparency
 Land and property registration
 Figure 3.1. Ease of Doing Business rankings in selected countries
 Figure 3.2. Kazakhstan\'s business climate in a regional context Protecting and enforcing intellectual property rightsInvestment promotion and protection agreements
 Dispute settlement
 Investment promotion and facilitation
 The government\'s strategy for attracting foreign investment
 Box 3.2. Programme for Investment Attraction, Special Economic Zone Development and Export Promotion in Kazakhstan for 2010-14*
 Table 3.1. Investor contracts signed by the Committee on Investment (2007-1st half 2011)
 Box 3.3. Governmental programmes for promoting investment
 Available instruments of state support
 Institutional framework for investment promotion