4.2 - Azrbaijan Flashcards
Economic Progress
Authoriatrain countries like Azerbaijan start with economic development before prioritising anything else
Azerbaijan had 13% economic growth (fastest in the world), due to links with China and Europe
Political Progress
Elections in 2013 & 2018
Azerbaijan diplomatic acdemy, to create leaders for the future
Armenia Conflict
Has been happening since the two countries became independant
Armenia claimed the corridor that links the two sections of azerbaijan together at the end of 1994, in 2020 launched defences and reclaimed it. The beaten armenians in 1994 because they were a poorer country, now due to oil and gas they have a larger army and were able to claim it back
Holistic Development
Shows how countries ahve improved, by considering all stakeholders e.g. DWAGES, as if it’s holisitc everyone should be developing
Long-term
Environmentally
Socially - HHR
Economically - Diversification, Growth of GDP, Equalities
Political - Freedom index, IGOs, Democracy
Less corruption
Azebaijan
Independance from USSR in 1991
China interested in the one belt road
At war with armenia over nagar-karabakh - received support from Turkey
Major energy provider (helping them smoke Armenia)
The Principle
Flawed economies/authoritarian countries always want economic development
As they try to achieve economic grwoth, less money can be invested in human wellbeing
Regulations and laws promotion economic growth create problems with human rights
China - 4.5x increase in GDP but human rights decreased
Azerbaijan Eocnomic PRogress
Average annual growth of 13% fastest in the world
Poverty fallen from 50%
Reliant on hydro-carbons - $35 billion of reserves.
$560bn of two way trade route from trade zone at Baku Port
Azerbaijan Idea
After econ growth and independence in 1991, journalists freed, Baku regeneration plan, LGBT protected under ECHR.
