The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $500 million loan to help Azerbaijan maintain social spending, create jobs, and diversify its economy to mitigate the adverse impact of a crash in oil prices, ADB said in a message. Sean O’Sullivan, director general of ADB’s Central and West Asia Department, said ADB’s support was important for…
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has expressed reservations about significant amounts of financial assistance rendered to Ukraine. The assistance program from 2007 to present has resulted in limited results, according to a statement of EU financial observers. Prior to 2014 the reason for the low effectiveness of assistance from the European Union (EU) was…
In the first three quarters of 2016, Latvian enterprises were provided with bank loans for a total amount of 1.4 billion euros, up by 40% YoY, according to the estimates of the Latvian Association of Commercial Banks and Finance and Capital Market Commission. The total loan portfolio of Latvian banks was EUR 15.11 billion at…
In Q3, the current account formed a surplus of 1.5% of the country’s GDP, according to the data from the Bank of Latvia. This year’s general surplus is 1.1% of GDP. It is expected that investment inflow will remain positive. It will be slower than last year, predicts Swedbank economist Agnese Buceniece. Contribution to the…
Nine representative bodies of Estonia’s manufacturing industry and the Estonian Employers’ Confederation jointly addressed the government protesting against a planned excise tax hike on natural gas. “During the next four years, the gas excise tax will increase so much that energy-intensive industries will lose out on almost the entire leading edge that the fall in…
Slowdown of the global economy’s development, deterioration of the macroeconomic indicators affected Azerbaijani economy as well, the country’s parliament speaker Ogtay Asadov said. He made the remarks at a plenary session of Azerbaijani Parliament during the discussion of the country’s draft state budget and the concept of socio-economic development for 2017 and the next three…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is ready to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Azerbaijan, a source in the country’s government reported. ADB offers to support business by opening credit lines for local banks. “Thus, the ADB wants to provide support to banks in Azerbaijan and contribute to the development of SMEs”, said the…