| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AIFC | Astana International Financial Centre |
| APPR | Administrative Procedural and Process-Related Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| ARC | Analytical Research Centre for Competition Development |
| ARDFM | Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market |
| AZRK | Agency for the Protection and Development of Competition of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| BRICS | Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa |
| BTI | Bertelsmann Stiftung Transformation Index |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CMA | UK Competition and Markets Authority |
| DoJ | U.S. Department of Justice |
| EAEU | Eurasian Economic Union |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EC | European Commission |
| EEC | Eurasian Economic Commission |
| EU | European Union |
| FAS | Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FTC | U.S. Federal Trade Commission |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GRECO | Group of States Against Corruption |
| GVA | Gross Value Added |
| HHI | Herfindahl-Hirschman Index |
| IAP | Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan |
| ICAP | Interstate Council for Antimonopoly Policy |
| ICN | International Competition Network |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IGE | Intergovernmental Group of Experts |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMD | International Institute for Management Development |
| IP | Intellectual Property |
| KREMZK | Committee for Regulation of Natural Monopolies and Protection of Competition |
| KZT | Kazakhstani Tenge |
| LPRC | Law on Protection of Competition |
| MCI | Monthly Calculation Index |
| OECD-GVH RCC | OECD-GVH Regional Centre for Competition |
| OECD-RCC Newsletter | OECD Regional Centre for Competition Newsletter |
| OSCE | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| OTS | Organization of Turkic States |
| PMR | Product Market Regulation |
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parity |
| PPPs | Public-Private Partnerships |
| RIA | Regulatory Impact Assessment |
| RMP | Road Map Programme |
| SCO | Shanghai Cooperation Organisation |
| SMEs | Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
| SOEs | State-Owned Enterprises |
| SSFMP | State Subsoil Fund Management Programme |
| SSNIP | Small but Significant and Non-transitory Increase in Price |
| TFEU | Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| VAT | Value-Added Tax |
| VBER | Vertical Block Exemption Regulation |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
OECD Peer Reviews of Competition Law and Policy: Kazakhstan 2025
