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|**BISNISHome PageSearchBISNISEmbassyReportsCountryReportsIndustryReportsPublicationsSourcesof FinanceLeadsand EventsExchangeRatesState ExportsOtherSources** |  | April 1998by Philip H. de LeonOver the past 12 months, numerous websites containing useful commercial information have been
established in Kazakhstan. The following list is a selection of some of the most useful and
informative sites for anyone interested in investing in Kazakhstan.  All of them are regularly
updated and free at the time this Bulletin is put to print.  (Note: this is not a comprehensive list
and inclusion on it does not represent an endorsement by the U.S. Department of
Commerce.)Securities Market and Privatization in the Republic of Kazakhstan   www.kazecon.kz. 
Information on the securities market and privatization projects is available from this website in
English and Russian.  This page was designed and is maintained by the U.S. Agency for
International Development "Kazakhstan Securities Market Development Project."  The site also
provides access to a legal database and documents on investments.Information Center of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan  
www.nationalbank.kz.  This is the official, Russian-language website of the National
Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK).  Various NBK documents are available here, including the NBK's
weekly bulletin, which contains information on the Kazakhstani banking system and financial
markets, as well as the normative and legal acts of the NBK regulating the banking system.Panorama   www.panorama.kz.  One of Kazakhstan's leading weekly newspapers is
available at this site.  Produced in Russian, this site covers a wide range of economic, political and
social issues.
Kazakhstan Web Servers and Sites   www.kz/eng/spisok/spisok.html.  A list of
Kazakhstani web sites is available in English at this address.   Included are sites operated by
banks, private businesses, NGOs, etc.  Content is still small but is expanding.Note: Web documents in Russian are not automatically readable.  Your web browser needs to be
set to read the proper code, i.e., Cyrillic (Win 1251) or Cyrillic (KO18-R).Philip de Leon works at BISNIS in Washington, D.C.This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS)