The RDP has been greatly influenced by the prevailing sectoral policy approach in the central government. Between 2011 and 2014, the RDP was transformed from an urban and regional development programme into a collection of specific sectoral policies that had already existed, such as: the “Programme for the Development of Single-Industry Towns”, “Modernisation of Housing and Communal Facilities 2011-2020”, “Ak Bulak programme 2011-2020”, and “Affordable Housing 2020 Programme”. These sectoral policies were put together as part of the RDP, without any preliminary assessment of their efficiency. For instance, until recently, the “Ak Bulak” programme focused exclusively on supplying drinking water and did not include any assessment of the possible impact of subjecting the sewage system to increasing volumes of water.