This study examines how government initiatives introduced in Kazakhstan’s State Programme for Education Development 2011–2020 are regulated and implemented to stimulate the innovative capacity of universities. The authors then consider the implications of these changes for the government’s aspiration of economic development. As government regulation is accepted as the primary explanatory factor that leads to poor performance, drawing on agency theory the study examines the combinations and conditions of existing regulatory mechanisms. Given that different agency problems are involved, the authors set out the alternatives available for the government to overcome those challenges.

本研究探讨了如何规范和实施哈萨克斯坦《 2011-2020年国家教育发展计划》中引入的政府举措，以激发大学的创新能力。然后，作者考虑了这些变化对政府经济发展愿望的影响。由于政府监管被认为是导致绩效不佳的主要解释因素，因此，基于代理理论，本研究考察了现有监管机制的组合和条件。考虑到涉及不同的代理问题，作者提出了可供政府克服这些挑战的替代方案。