KZBlog

An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘Ministry of Justice’

  • The Costs of Bureaucracy

    Coincidentally, just as the comment thread on Surveys of Expats about Life in Kazakhstan turned to bureaucracy, I came across a report on the automatization of government services for people and e-gov. According to research (I believe done by the Center for Services for the Population or TSON), over a period of ten months in […]

  • I Am Not a Number!

    It has been noted here and elsewhere that there is a lot of bureaucracy in Kazakhstan. One of the most frustrating aspects of this is the number of ID documents and ID numbers one must carry around with one to do anything. Whereas in the US my Social Security card is sitting safely in a […]