Being a country with the transitional economics, modern Azerbaijan is at the
stage of the intensive development, confirmed by statistical indexes of the
republican economic growth rates. The government constantly realizes the
programs aimed at the establishment of the favorable legal and economic
conditions for the development of the small, medium and large business,
attraction of the investments, contribution of the modern technologies in the
production, development and strengthening financial and banking system as
basis of the stable and forward development of the country.
Azerbaijan was and remains an oil-producing country. Intensive development
of the oil industry, existence of huge oil and gas deposits, oil contract signed
in 1994 with the leading world companies have given opportunity to start
realization of the largest projects on construction of a pipeline for the oil
transportation via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan route. Hard work in the oil sector
gives impulse to the development of the infrastructure in many other fields.
At present, dozens of authorized companies from the USA, Great Britain,
Germany, France, Russia, Japan and many other countries realize their
business in Azerbaijan. Big investments in the country economics are put by
IMF, EBRD, World Bank.
Local businessmen adopt modern style and methods of management. Many
changes take place in the field of education, science and medicine. New
schools, medical institutions functioning according to the western standards
have been opened.
Representatives of science, culture and art have many opportunities for wide
and free communication with the colleagues from the other countries and
travel there for work.
Azerbaijan actively cooperates with many international organizations
confirming its desire to participate firmly in the implementation of humanitarian
tasks, which are key to the social, moral and spiritual development of the
nation. Azerbaijan became a full member of the Council of Europe since
2001.
The Republic participates in the project of the renaissance of the route of
Great Silk Road within the framework of the TRACECA program, which
will connect China with France reviving the ancient trade ties along the
caravan routes.