Azerbaijan has made significant progress in financial transparency, said the report of the US Department of State. “Azerbaijan made significant progress during the review period by publishing more detail on planned expenditures, including allocations to state-owned enterprises”, said the 2016 Fiscal Transparency Report. Fiscal Transparency Report describes the minimum requirements of fiscal transparency developed, updated,…
The international ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has confirmed Azerbaijan’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings at Ba1 and assigned a negative outlook. Azerbaijan’s rating was changed in February, and the outlook on it was changed to “negative” in April. Earlier, the international ratings agency Fitch Ratings also approved of the long-term issuer default…
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met in Jakarta, Indonesia with the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) President Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali on the sidelines of the 12th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF). According to the Tajik president’s official website, Rahmon expressed satisfaction with the current level of cooperation between Tajikistan and IsDB. The government of Tajikistan and…
The growth rate of Belarus’ gross domestic product is expected to reach 101.5% in 2017 while inflation is supposed to make 9% at most. Prime Minister of Belarus Andrei Kobyakov made the statement during the session of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers held on 2 August to discuss the draft social and economic…
Azerbaijan Export and Investments Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) has updated the catalogue of Azerbaijan’s investment projects by including 65 projects, said a message from the country’s Economy Ministry. It was noted that the purpose of updating the catalog is to promote the attraction of foreign investment in Azerbaijan’s non-oil sector. The catalogue includes 65 projects covering…
By 2020, the Russian agro-industrial complex will have received nearly 1 trillion RUR of investments for further development, the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev declared. According to him, it is necessary to discuss all ambitious plans for the following 20 years now, because all market participants have to understand the vector…
Supplies of Ukrainian goods to Russia dropped to 8.8% of the country’s total export volume in January-June, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry reported. “The European Union was Ukraine’s main trade partner to export goods in 5 months of 2016 (39.4%) while Russia’s share stood at 8.8%”, the report said. (TASS/Business World Magazine)