Currently, the service sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in Kazakhstan, so the study of the
service sector and the governmental intervention in it is essential, as it allows one to choose the
instruments and limits of the support. The aim of the article is to study and describe the
increasing role of the modern state policy of Kazakhstan in the development of the service
sector, based on a study of the impact of public investment and government programs.
The paper shows the following results:
1. Implementation of state industrial programs in Kazakhstan leads to an increase in the services
sector (expressed in the GDP structure and employment);
2. For Kazakhstan, there is still a high influence of public investments in the service sector, in
contrast to Russia;
3. The highest rates of innovation activity in the service sector are in the fields associated with
active government presence.
