== Abstract ==

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This report is structured as follows.             Chapter one analyzes the performance of Kazakhstan s trade.             Chapter two presents an overview of recent developments in             Kazakhstan regional and international trade integration.             Chapter three examines in detail key issues related to             market access, focusing on non-tariff measures and trade             facilitation and logistics. Chapter four examines the             services sector and offers a roadmap for actions to enhance             its competitiveness. Chapter five addresses building             institutional capacity for the trade and competitiveness             agenda. The report s recommendations are summarized in the             following table. In order of the four main messages of the             report, they cover balancing regional and international             integration efforts, measures to improve access to inputs             and export markets by reducing non-tariff barriers and             through trade facilitation measures, raising the quality and             efficiency of the services sector, and strengthening             institutional capacity to implement an effective trade             policy and competitiveness agenda.

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== Original document ==

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* [http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26850 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26850] under the license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo

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