Studies on construction-materials production and state support for small business

Two studies prepared in 2007 for the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The first (June–November) examined products of the construction-materials industry with a view to locating their production in the Astana industrial zone. The second (November–December), a marketing and analytical study commissioned through Central Asian Consultants Agency LLP, defined mechanisms of state support for small business development in the context of the global trend towards globalisation and Kazakhstan's accession to the WTO.