Bakdaulet Akyn, Bauyrzhan Rakhymbai
This study aims to fill this gap and provide an overview of both the legal reform processes occurring in the field of public service and of recent developments and challenges related to the process of reforms that have occurred during the 1991-2011 period in Kazakhstan. The key goal of the investigation is to study and suggest the approaches to reforming the Kazakhstan’s system of government to enhance its transparency and establish civil service in decision-making process. This paper first outlines the discourse on the reform of public service among scholars and public officials in Kazakhstan. Then, it elaborates on the laws and institutional measures that have provided for the establishment of a public service system Kazakhstan. Finally, this paper outlines the challenges faced by the government and public service institutions on the way to increasing the efficiency of public services in Kazakhstan. Authors focused their attention on those issues related to the problems with personnel policy, corruption, lack of transparency and merit-based appointments in the civil service of Kazakhstan. To identify the challenges faced by the government and public service institutions on the way to increasing the efficiency of public services in Kazakhstan authors have analysed national laws and outlined the institutional measures that provide the establishment of a public service system in Kazakhstan.