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Country Descriptions & Profiles

Azerbaijan Country Review in Business Source Premier [About] bu logo
Published annually by CountryWatch, these in-depth reports provide demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental data. Includes key sector production, consumption and net exports, maps, country flag, Freedom Rankings for political rights and civil liberties, Human Development Index measuring quality of life and investment climate basic infrastructure information.

Background Notes on Countries of the World: Azerbaijan in Business Source Premier [ About ] BU logo
Published by the U.S. government and includes facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, foreign relations and travel/business information.

Ernst and Young: Azerbaijan
http://www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/Azerbaijan/Home

Welcome to Baku: Capital of Azerbaijan
http://www.baku.com/

Finance, Trade & Commerce

Azerbaijan Country Monitor (Global Insight) in Business Source Premier [About] bu logo
Presents Analyses, Statistics, and Forecasts on the Economy. Includes information on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Real GDP, Consumer Prices, Foreign Trade, Official Exchange Rate, etc. Also provides Import and Export Statistics as well as the names of important government officials.

Azerbaijan Economic Competitiveness in Business Source Premier [About]bu logo
From the Icon Group, using vertical analysis or common-sized statements, provides estimates of the financial performance and labor productivity of countries compared to global benchmarks.  Financial analysis includes asset, liability and income structure, ratios, profitability ratios and key percentile rankings.  Labor productivity analysis includes asset-labor, liability-labor, and income-labor ratios.

Doing Business. Benchmarking Business Regulations.
http://www.doingbusiness.org/
Produced by the World Bank, this database provides information on business regulations and their enforcement in many countries. Countries are ranked according to ease of doing business. The Doing Business Indicators are comparable across 175 economies. These indicators include starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, enforcing contracts, and others.

EIU: Economist Intelligence Unit: Azerbaijan  [ About ] bu logo (works only with Firefox)
Indepth reports such as Country Finance, Country Commerce, Country Forecast, Country Monitor, etc which include economic indicators, political and business environment analysis, country risk assessment and financial and operating conditions for companies doing business globally.  Type of reports vary country by country.

FITA: Azerbaijan Country Profile
http://fita.org/countries/azerbaijan.html
FITA, The Federation of International Trade Associations, website includes general information as well as information on market access, economic indicators, taxes, labor market, agriculture, media, and more.

Global Edge: Azerbaijan
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/countryintro.asp?CountryID=11
Created by the Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University ( MSU-CIBER ), globalEDGE contains country specific news, statistics, history, economics, and government data.

Index of Economic Freedom: Azerbaijan
http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Azerbaijan
A Web resource evaluating the following areas: trade policy, fiscal burden of government, government intervention in the economy, monetary policy, capital flows and foreign investment, banking and finance, wages and prices, property rights, regulation, and black market.

Political Risk Yearbook: Azerbaijan Country Forecast in Business Source Premier [About]bu logo
From PRS Group, published annually and includes the Political Risk Service rating system which assesses different political scenarios within a country, 18-month and five year forecasts based on a variety of political scenarios, the country's political framework, key political player as well as economic conditions, investment, taxation and environmental trends, foreign relations, defense forces and the country's history and geography.

World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/az
Provides report and statistics on challenges developing countries face, education, debt, demographics, telecommunications infrastructure, health issues, etc.

News & Journals

Azer News through PressDisplay[About]BU logo from 60 days ago.

Azerbaijan Magazine
http://www.azer.com/

Statistics & Government Resources

Embassy of Azerbaijan in Washington D.C.
http://www.bu.edu/library/guides/countries/andorra.html
Information about business and investment. Also contains information about flora and fauna, education, travel and tourism, visas, immigration, history, geography, people and culture.

National Bank of the Azerbaijan Republic
http://www.nba.az/?lang=en
The official Web site of the National Bank of the Azerbaijan Republic:  includes information on currency rates, monetary policy, statistics and much more.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
http://www.president.az/index_e.html

Selected Internet Resources: Azerbaijan-Portals to the world
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/amed/azerbaijan/azerbaijan.html
"Links to electronic resources selected by Library of Congress subject experts."

U.S. Embassy to Azerbaijan
http://www.usembassybaku.org/

 

 

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