The role of foreign investments in the economic development of Kazakhstan

Adiya Kuzhaniyazova

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

Foreign investment plays a very important role in the economy of each state. The purpose of this thesis is to study and analyze the foreign direct investment and its impact on the economy of Kazakhstan.According to a goal the following main objectives are solved:-theoretical concepts of investments are analyzed;-the economic essence of foreign investments is stated;-the role of foreign investments in economic development of Kazakhstan is shown;-features of activity of the foreign capital in Kazakhstan are shown;-creation of conditions for attraction of direct foreign investments.The thesis is divided into two parts: practical and theoretical.For the analysis of FDI in the economic development of Kazakhstan, the indicators for exports, GDP, unemployment and exchange rates are taken.The first theoretical part describes types and classifications of investments, as well as investments of the Republic of Kazakhstan.The second practical part describes the analysis of Kazakhstan's Foreign Direct Investments.The data about exports, GDP, unemployment, and the exchange rate is also to be analyzed. Analysis of these data was completed by using regression analysis and using the Gretl program. The relationship among the data is to be explained through the findings from these analysis methods.According to the findings of the analysis, all the data is interrelated, namely the increase of exports, exchange rate, and GDP boosts the FDI, while the increase in unemployment levels causes the FDI to decrease.Based on the conducted analysis, it can be noted that foreign investments contribute to the integration of receiving economy into the world economy, also acting as a mechanism for launching and stimulating investment processes of Kazakhstan economy. Attraction of foreign investments into the Kazakhstan economy on a large scale pursues long-term strategic goals of creating a civilized, socially oriented society that is characterized by a high quality of life of the population, which is based on the economy that presumes not only mutual effective functioning of various forms of property, but also internalization of the market, labor force and capital.The structure of the thesis includes introduction, two main chapters, the conclusion and the list of literature.

Keywords

Economy., Investments, Economy of Kazakhstan, Foreign capital

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 15. 3. 2018

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Ing. Petr Procházka, MSc Ph.D.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Bakalářský studijní program / obor:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management