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Today the transcontinental Western Europe–Western China highway is under construction, much of it forming part of the integration of the Kazakhstan transport network into the Eurasian transport system. It is estimated that it will carry some 33 million t of cargo between China, Central Asia, Russia and Western Europe by 2020… is this the new Silk Route?
Almost 20 years ago Kazakhstan was one of the last states to breakaway from the former Soviet Union. How has it dealt with independence since 1991 and more recently how has it recovered from the global economic crisis? What are the prospects for the country’s construction industry and the government’s efforts to accelerate industrial development?
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Published on 31/08/2010
