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1. Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment in the Post-Soviet Space: Challenges and Perspectives

Author:
Vugar Bayramov, Nigar Islamli, and Emin Mammadov
Publication Date:
01-2023
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
Abstract:
The countries have a plan for women’s empowerment that sets it as a primary target in national development plan for achieving gender equality outcomes across the country. Under this review, the countries’ gender assessment, which mainly consider the female labor force participation in these countries, elaborates the extent to which women enjoy the same rights and opportunities, in which sectors they are highly employed and what obstacles they face that could be of exceptional importance in formulating policy objectives. The analysis also touches some points on women’s social and economic empowerment, which pertains to access opportunities and resources, and control their own lives.
Topic:
Development, Women, Employment, Inequality, Post-Soviet Space, and Gender
Political Geography:
Caucasus and Azerbaijan

2. Competitiveness in Azerbaijan: Assessing Sectorial Economic Policies

Author:
Ziya Alili, Rashad Hasanov, Farhad Bayramov, and Vugar Bayramov
Publication Date:
12-2014
Content Type:
Special Report
Institution:
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
Abstract:
CESD- Center for Economic and Social Development, Azerbaijan has developed new research paper titled as “Competitiveness in Azerbaijan: Assessing Sectorial Economic Policies”. This publication was developed and printed with the support of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. This research paper assesses economic diversification and cross-sector competitiveness in Azerbaijan by employing extensive qualitative and quantitative methodologies. The paper will measure the extent to which Azerbaijan’s economy is labor- and GDP-diversified or not. If it is not, we must ask what kind of policies can be developed for sectorial diversification and economic development. This paper will further analyze the government’s fiscal and monetary policies aimed at developing better, quantitatively based recommendations.
Topic:
Development, Economics, Diversification, and Fiscal Policy
Political Geography:
Azerbaijan and South Caucasus

3. Accession to the Customs Union: Shaping the strategy for Azerbaijan

Author:
Ziya Alili, Tural Abbasov, David N. Chang, Max Hoyt, and Vugar Bayramov
Publication Date:
12-2013
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
Abstract:
This paper analyses the implications of the potential accession of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches. The qualitative approach employs stakeholder and sectorial analysis, while quantitative methodologies include Hedonic Estimation and Linear Regression Models. The stakeholder analysis discusses the implications of accession for different interested parties, namely businesses, citizens and international partners of Azerbaijan. The sectorial analysis assesses the varied probable impact of accession on different economic sectors. The quantitative methods are designed to answer the question following question: How much would the Azerbaijani economy benefit if it had joined the Customs Union when it was established in 2010? Although CESD finds a number of quantitative benefits to accession (for example, an additional two to five percent growth in GDP), qualitative analysis reveals disadvantages that were not captured by quantitative methodologies and helps provide a more comprehensive picture that disfavors accession, namely the long-term disadvantage of ceding independence vis-à-vis Azerbaijan’s energy policy. Accordingly, the Center for Economic and Social Development strongly recommends against accession. However, considering economic, social and political pressures, Azerbaijan may be persuaded to accede. In this scenario, CESD would recommend learning from the experience of the UK while acceding to the European Union and attaining several key exemptions from the rules and regulations of the Customs Union.
Topic:
Development, European Union, Regional Integration, and Customs
Political Geography:
Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, South Caucasus, and Belarus

4. CESD Anti-Corruption Strategy for the Republic of Azerbaijan

Author:
Vugar Bayramov
Publication Date:
08-2011
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
Abstract:
In the interest of fighting against corruption in an effective and enduring way, the implementation of comprehensive measures is extremely important. As such, the package of anti-corruption measures prepared by the Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD) has been developed to strengthen the fight against corruption and bribery and to achieve longlasting results. Corruption acts as an impediment to development in many ways and is a basic concern for many countries around the world. Many usually consider corruption to be the process of bribing officials or the extortion of bribes by officials, while others understand corruption to be theft, misappropriation of state money and wealth, or an individual's personal enrichment achieved by using his/her position. In all of these cases, the existence of corruption in the first place disturbs the construction of a legal state, is detrimental for economic and social development, contributes to the inefficient use of the society’s resources and harms people with low-income. Therefore, the fight against corruption is one of the most important goals set before those countries that have chosen democratic and civil development. In recent years, the government of Azerbaijan has adopted a number of anti-corruption measures, including new laws and programs. The government established the “State Program addressed to the fight against corruption” and “Fund of the struggle against Corruption” in February 2004. The 2007-2011 “National Strategy with respect to increasing transparency" has also been accepted. The main purpose of these steps taken is to increase transparency, to eliminate circumstances creating corruption, to implement preventative measures, and to continue those effective measures.
Topic:
Corruption, Development, and Economy
Political Geography:
Azerbaijan and South Caucasus