From Singapore to Azerbaijan and beyond, sovereign wealth funds reflect national promises to invest in strategic priorities. In Kazakhstan, an important promise has been kept for a third consecutive year.
On February 1, 2026, the Government of Kazakhstan made its third annual deposit into the National Fund for Children (NFC), a universal Child Development Account (CDA) policy. Through it, the government opens an asset-building account for every child at birth and provides annual contributions until the beneficiary reaches the age of 18.
Since the policy’s launch in 2024, cumulative government investment has surpassed $2.4 billion, and each of Kazakhstan’s 7 million children has received more than $370 in deposits to their account.
“Kazakhstan has once again demonstrated its commitment to the nation’s children, and to a forward-thinking national strategy for human-capital development,” said Michael Sherraden, the George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis and co-director of the Center for Social Development (CSD).
“Three straight years of deposits document that a large-scale, universal asset-building system can operate effectively and sustainably,” he noted.