The region saw a mix of funding from European and international partners, with EBRD backing green lending and climate-focused projects in Kazakhstan through Bank CenterCredit ($60 million), Home Credit Bank Kazakhstan ($25 million), and microfinance for women entrepreneurs and youth via KMF ($25 million) and Arnur Credit ($7 million).

The Green Climate Fund advanced climate initiatives with $250 million for the From Glaciers to Farms program across nine countries, including Kazakhstan, targeting sustainable water management and agriculture.

EDB activity included regional energy collaboration with UN ESCAP, debuting UAE dirham bonds on Astana International Exchange, and a €5.3 million irrigation modernization grant in Kazakhstan, plus an agreement with the water ministry and UNDP to support sustainable irrigation.

Infrastructure focus dominated EBRD activity, with €449 million to reconstruct a 234-km segment of the Aktobe–Ulygaisyn highway (involving AIIB and the Kazakh government), plus €35 million loan to the Aktau port complex and up to €10 million EU grant for port modernization; Aktau port expansion ties into TITR.

In addition, the EIB supported infrastructure and green transition, including a €200 million loan via the Development Bank of Kazakhstan to develop roads, transport corridors, and renewable energy, plus collaboration with JSC Housing Company to promote energy-efficient homes.

IsDB and Kazakhstan formalized plans to attract up to $1.1 billion for priority infrastructure projects, signaling continued high-level international financing engagement in 2025.

The ADB announced ambitions to invest over $10 billion by 2030 under CAREC to bolster infrastructure, climate resilience, and regional initiatives across Central Asia.

The Asian Development Bank focused on regional energy corridor work, including an MOU with AIIB and national energy ministries to study the Caspian Green Energy Corridor, linking Caspian green energy to Europe via the Black Sea cable.

EBRD earmarked broader regional impact through the Kambarata-1 hydropower project in Kyrgyzstan, with potential financing around €1.3 billion, alongside a €900 million EU- and EIB-backed framework for the same project.

Overall in 2025, international financial institutions provided substantial funding to Kazakhstan across transport, energy, climate initiatives, and finance, aligning with the country’s modernization and transit corridor goals.

The World Bank granted $4.8 million from the PMI Trust Fund to strengthen Kazakhstan’s emissions trading system and carbon market development, supporting the Ministry of Ecology and related agencies.

EBRD emerged as the most active investor, financing both large-scale infrastructure and SME programs, including a $10 million loan to Empire Manufacturing Kazakhstan for a coffee processing plant in Khorgos and €25 million loan to Orzax Central Asia for a food additives plant in Turkestan.