"Given the shift of economic gravity towards Asia, opportunities for Kazakhstan to be a regional and even global driver of economic growth are obviously expanding," international economist Mr. Nouriel Roubini
said during his remarks at "Samruk Kazyna Transformation Forum" held in Astana Kazakhstanon October 6, 2014 . "In this context, the efforts of
the country's leadership to create a modern and attractive development
model can only be welcome. And in this model, a modernized and
competitive sovereign wealth fund which effectively manages state assets
is a key element", Roubini said.
Nouriel Roubini is an American professor of Economics at New York University`s Stern School of Business and chairman of RGE Roubini Global Economics