2004 IPF Fellow -Template 22


The objectives of the research are: § search of weak places in management of oil revenues which raise risk of a poor control of oil incomes (to the analysis to undergo: laws, decisions of the government, oil contracts); § development of recommendations for the government and parliament on elimination of weak places in management; § analyzing the potential and capabilities of the civil society (namely, NGOs and mass media) to monitor the government’s activity/inactivity; § preparing recommendations to improve the potential and capacity of the civil society.

Azerbaijan:

The Azerbaijan Republic is located in the eastern part of the South Caucasus (Appendix 1). Its territory covers 86,600 square kilometers and is located between 44° and 52° East longitude, and 38° and 42° North latitude.

Azerbaijan borders on Russia in the north (390 km), Georgia in the north-east (480 km), Armenia in the west (1007 km), Iran in the south (765 km), Turkey in the south-west (15 km), while in the east it is washed by the Caspian Sea. (for more information see Research Paper, pages 16-19 )

Oil contracts of Azerbaijan (for more information see Research Paper, pages 20-41)

Risk factors associated with ineffective management of resources (for more information see Research Paper, pages 53-61)

Transparency initiative and its role in reducing the risk of loss (for more information see Research Paper, pages 83-93)

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