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Environmental Problems and Policies in Kazakhstan: Air pollution, waste and water

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  • Lyazzat Nugumanova

    (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies)

  • Miriam Frey
  • Natalya Yemelina
  • Stanislav Yugay

Abstract

We provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of environmental governance concerning air pollution, water problems and waste generation in Kazakhstan. The overview of the environmental and institutional framework in these fields reveals that major environmental problems exist in the country. Some steps have already been taken to ensure a proper management of air, waste and water. However, more coordinated cross-sectoral actions, both on the regional and the national level, need to be undertaken to ensure a productive cooperation between state institutions, business and the society.

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  • Lyazzat Nugumanova & Miriam Frey & Natalya Yemelina & Stanislav Yugay, 2017. "Environmental Problems and Policies in Kazakhstan: Air pollution, waste and water," Working Papers 366, Leibniz Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies).
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    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • O44 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Environment and Growth
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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