Kazak and EBRD officials visited London to highlight the possibility of a public-private partnership under the country’s revised PPP legal framework. David Arminas reports. To build a road, you go on the road, and that is what Kazakhstan did in London in mid-December. Representatives of more than 100 organisations, a mix of construction companies and financial institutions, attended the roadshow-style presentation to attract foreign capital for BAKAD, the Almaty Ring Road Concession. The message was that Ka
A scooter rider in China has learned the importance of keeping his eyes on the road the hard way. The man was buzzing along the street on his zippy little scooter when his attention was caught by the presence of a woman he found attractive. Turning his head to look at the woman as he drove by, the man forgot that paying attention to the roadway while driving is a fundamental rule. Moments later he rammed into the rear of a parked van and was thrown from his steed into the path of another scooter, which then
