Transparency in extractive industry legislation: recommendations for Kazakhstan’s Code on Subsurface Use

Issue paper
, 28 pages
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17578IIED.pdf
Language:
English
Published: November 2015
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ISBN: 9781784312787
Product code:17578IIED

The Republic of Kazakhstan is preparing a new code onSubsurface and Subsurface Use. As part of this process, the government developed and shared for comment a ‘Concept’ outlining key policy directions for the new Code.

Over the years, IIED has supported and participated in dialogues on transparency and accountability in Kazakhstan and the Caspian region. This issue paper discusses ways to install robust transparency provisions in the new code, making recommendations to take the concept’s policy directions to their full potential.

Cite this publication

Ospanova, S. and Cotula, L. (2015). Transparency in extractive industry legislation: recommendations for Kazakhstan’s Code on Subsurface Use. IIED, London.
Available at https://www.iied.org/17578iied