UNDP Azerbaijan Development Bulletin


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ECONOMY AZERBAIJAN GRAPPLES WITH RISING INFLATION ALIYEV PRAISES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT AZERBAIJAN GETS LOW CIA RATING ON INFLATION AZERBAIJAN STAYS THE COURSE ON RAMPANT GROWTH SUSPENSION OF KAZAKH SUPPLIES MAY DRIVE UP BREAD PRICES AZERBAIJAN MAY EXEMPT BAKERIES FROM VAT IF PRICES CONTINUE TO HIKE AZERI LEADER CALLS FOR INCREASED DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF FOOD WB EXPERT WARNS EX-SOVIET STATES AGAINST SLOW GROWTH ADB CITES GROWTH, WARNS OF INVESTMENT SLOWDOWN STATE PROGRAM TO BOOST RURAL DEVELOPMENT HOUSING PRICES SET TO CLIMB EBRD STEPS UP SUPPORT FOR MICROFINANCE IN AZERBAIJAN

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AZERBAIJAN TO HOLD PRESIDENTIAL VOTE ON OCTOBER 15 OPPOSITION PARTY PLANS TO STAGE RALLY NEW ELECTION COALITION PRESENTED

NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN CLASH OVER OSCE MEDIATION PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN RECEIVES OSCE CO-CHAIRS AND OSCE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AZERBAIJAN: IT'S BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD FOR KARABAKH TALKS BAKU RULES OUT SELF-STYLED ENTITY'S INVOLVEMENT IN PEACE TALKS ALIYEV URGES TO CLEAR UP PROSPECTS FOR GARABAGH TALKS ALIYEV VISITS FRONTLINE REGIONS AZERBAIJANI STATE COMISSION ON POWs AND ICRC SIGNES FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT IN BAKU AZERBAIJAN TO BOOST MILITARY PRODUCTION IN 2008 AZERI LEADER ADDRESSES NATION ON GENOCIDE DAY PRO-GOVERNMENT PARTY TO PICKET US EMBASSY

REGIONAL AND BILATERAL RELATIONS RUSSIA ACCUSES AZERBAIJAN OF "OBSTRUCTING" SHIPMENT FOR IRAN'S BUSHEHR NUCLEAR PLANT GUAM CONVENES IN CONFLICT SETTLEMENT BID PRESIDENT OF MOLDOVA VISITS AZERBAIJAN GOVERNMENTS OF AZERBAIJAN AND MOLDOVA SIGN AGREEMENTS ON COOPERATION PM SAYS LITHUANIA OPEN FOR AZERI INVESTMENT EU ASSESSES AZERI RECORD ON CO-OP PROGRAM COASTAL STATES CITE PROGRESS ON CASPIAN STATUS US READY TO AID FURTHER AZERI DEFENSE REFORM AZERBAIJANI MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MEETS WITH EBRD EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PRESIDENT OF AZERBAIJAN RECEIVES US DEPARTMENT OF STATE UNDER SECRETARY PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV PARTICIPATES IN JOINT SESSION ON AFGHANISTAN WITHIN NATO SUMMIT

ENERGY NEWS EU CITES OPTIONS TO EXPORT CASPIAN ENERGY RESOURCES AZERI PRESIDENT URGES DEVELOPMENT OF NEW OIL STRATEGY AZERI OIL PROFITS TO HIT $12BN BY YEAR-END: ENERGY EXEC AZERBAIJAN SERIOUSLY CONSIDERS ITS PARTICIPATION IN CREATING CASPIAN-BALTIC ENERGY CORRIDOR, NATIG ALIYEV

HUMAN RIGHTS AND PRESS FREEDOM THREE IMPRISONED JOURNALISTS AWARDED HELLMAN/HAMMETT GRANTS FOR COURAGE AZERI MEDIA FACING TOUGH TIMES, OSCE REP SAYS JOURNALISTS STOP HUNGER STRIKE CE GROUP CITES PROGRESS IN ENFORCING AZERI COMMITMENTS AZERI OFFICIAL REJECTS 'POLITICAL PRISONERS' CLAIM US ENVOY SAYS AZERI JOURNALISTS FACING HURDLES

PRESIDENTIAL DECREES PRESIDENT ORDERS STATE GRAIN FUND PRESIDENT SETS UP BODY ON SCIENCE REFORM

UN NEWS EU AND UNDP WELCOME REGIONAL APPROACH TO FIGHTING DRUGS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP TO BOOST NEWBORN HEALTHCARE UNDP AND NORWAY TO HELP AZERBAIJAN MANAGE SOLID WASTE WORLD BANK APPROVES SUPPORT PROJECT FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN AZERBAIJAN COMMEMORATION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR MINE AWARENESS

MISCELLANEOUS ANTI-CORRUPTION COMBAT IN INT'L LIMELIGHT TWO IRANIANS SHOT DEAD BY AZERBAIJANI BORDER GUARDS DIVORCE RATE UP IN AZERBAIJAN DICAPRIO TO SHOOT FILM IN AZERBAIJAN CROCUS TO CONSTRUCT THE BIGGEST RESORT ZONE ON THE ABSHERON PENINSULA

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AZERI LEADER CALLS FOR INCREASED DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF FOOD

Azertag,
14, April 2008

Azerbaijan's president has called for increased domestic production of "strategic" food products in the face of the rising food prices in the world, the state-owned Azartac news agency has reported.

"We should try to ensure the maximum production of strategic food products in Azerbaijan," Ilham Aliyev was quoted as saying at a Cabinet meeting on 14 April. "As you know, practical measures are being taken for this purpose. Farmers have been allocated additional funds, thanks to which farmland has been expanded significantly, and corn production has been growing."

Aliyev said he was certain that Azerbaijan would be able to ensure its food security in the future.

"I am confident that all the programmes we are considering now will enable us to ensure our food security fully," Azartac quoted him as saying.

ALIYEV: BUSINESSMEN FACING BASELESS CLAIMS

OPPOSITION DAILY BEMOANS AZERBAIJAN'S GROWING FOREIGN DEBT

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DRAFTED

RESEARCHERS CITE PRICE FLUCTUATIONS IN JANUARY

NEW MONEY TO BE ISSUED IN AZERBAIJAN

April 2008,
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NEW COACH OF AZERBAIJANI FOOTBALL TEAM SETS AMBITIOUS AIMS
Turan News Agency, 15, April 2008

"I cannot promise that Azerbaijani football team will win World Football Championship 2010, but we could pose problems to favorites of elimination group - German and Russian teams - and took away some points from them," Berty Fogts, new coach of Azerbaijani football team, said at yesterday's press conference.

Fogts said he is proud of his appointment to the position of chief coach of Azerbaijani football team. He added that it is necessary to work hard to achieve success. "But one cannot just hope for good luck. It is necessary to fight," said Fogts.

He evaded the question about the place that Azerbaijani team could take in its group. He promised that in the near future it will be difficult to win victory over Azerbaijani team.

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