| AIOC |
Azerbaijan International Operating Company |
| ACG |
Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli Oil Fields |
| ASOA |
Azerbaijan State Oil Academy |
| ASRNA |
Azerbaijan Scientific Research Network Association |
| BP |
British Petroleum |
| BTC |
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Route |
| CBO |
Community Based Organizations |
| CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
| FIA |
Foreign Investments Agency |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| HDI |
Human Development Index |
| IDP |
Internally Displaced Person |
| ILO |
International Labor Organization |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| ICT |
Information Communication Technologies |
| IT |
Information Technologies |
| ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
| MP |
Member of Parliament |
| NBTR |
National Board for Television and Radio |
| NGO |
Non-Government Organization |
| NICTS |
National Information and Communication Technologies Strategy for the Development of the Azerbaijan Republic for 2003-2012 |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OSI-Azerbaijan |
Open Society Institute in Azerbaijan |
| PPP |
Purchasing Power Parity |
| PSA |
Production Sharing Agreement (international oil contracts) |
| PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network |
| RCC |
Regional Commonwealth of Communication |
| SMS |
Short Message Service |
| SCS |
State Committee of Statistic |
| SCSA |
State Commission for Students Admission |
| SDW |
Solid Domestic Waste |
| SOCAR |
State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic |
| SOFAR |
State Oil Fund of the Azerbaijan Republic |
| SPPRED |
State Program for Poverty Reduction and Economic Development |
| TAE |
Project of TransAsiaEurope |
| TAI |
Technological Achievements Index |
| TCCM |
Trans-Caspian Cybernetic Market |
| TRACECA |
Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia |
| UIAZ |
Union of Inventors of Azerbaijan |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |