Entries from SAIS Next Europe tagged with 'Azerbaijan'
Europe's Next Trouble Spot
Imagine it's February, 2008. Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia is imminent. International analysts are warning about reactionary moves by other breakaway regions. They say that South Ossetia and Abkhazia would become more daring in making official their already de facto independence from Georgia. They also say that after the successes of these regions-turned-states, we shouldn't be surprised by the appearance on the map of independent republics called either Transnistria (in Moldova), Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan) or Republika Srpska (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
Strictly Business in Azerbaijan?
Each year the Doing Business Report of the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank rates 181 countries around the world according to the ease of doing business there. This year's top reformer is Azerbaijan. What the Doing Business report does not include in its rankings- and what Azerbaijan sorely needs - is a better business climate for women.
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