Azerbaijan : Public Expenditure Review

Azerbaijan has experienced robust economic growth during the past seven years, aided by its oil sector development. Nevertheless, poverty is still pervasive and social indicators have deteriorated. The oil and gas windfall will be of undoubted bene...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Public Expenditure Review
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
CPI
GNP
OIL
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2274988/azerbaijan-public-expenditure-review
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13825
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topic ADJUSTMENT POLICIES
ANALYSIS PROCESS
ANALYTICAL WORK
ANNUAL GROWTH
ASSET MANAGEMENT
AUDITS
AUTHORITY
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BARREL
BUDGET MANAGEMENT
BUDGET SYSTEM
BUDGETARY EXPENDITURES
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CASH TRANSFERS
CITIZENS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CPI
CURRENCY UNIT
DATA COLLECTION
DEBT
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DONOR COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPLOYMENT
ENTERPRISE RESTRUCTURING
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXECUTION
EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS
EXPENDITURE CUTS
EXPLOITATION
EXTERNAL DEBT
EXTREME POVERTY
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL MECHANISM
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL MANAGEMENT
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL REVENUE
FISCAL REVENUES
FISCAL STANCE
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FORMAL ECONOMY
GAS DEVELOPMENT
GAS EXPORTS
GAS EXTRACTION
GAS FIELD
GAS OUTPUT
GAS PIPELINE
GAS PRICES
GAS PROJECTS
GAS RESERVES
GAS RESOURCES
GAS SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
GAS SECTORS
GNP
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT REVENUES
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
HEALTH STATUS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INFLATION
INSTITUTION BUILDING
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESSES
INTEREST RATES
LABOR MARKET
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LONG RUN
MACRO POLICY
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION
MARKET ECONOMY
MEDIUM TERM
MINERAL
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MONETARY STABILIZATION
NATIONS
OIL
OIL AND GAS
OIL AND GAS SECTOR
OIL COMPANIES
OIL COMPANY
OIL FIELDS
OIL PRICE
OIL PRICES
OIL PRODUCTION
OIL SECTOR
PETROLEUM
PIPELINE
POLICY CHOICES
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY MEASURES
POLICY STANCE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR CHILDREN
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY COMPARISONS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PRICE STABILITY
PRIORITY AREAS
PRIVATE CONSUMPTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC FINANCES
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
PUBLIC RESOURCES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
PUBLIC °° SECTOR
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL INTEREST RATES
REAL TERMS
REDUCING POVERTY
REFORM PROGRAM
RENT-SEEKING BEHAVIOR
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESOURCE CURSE
RICH COUNTRIES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
RURAL POVERTY
SAVINGS
SECTOR REFORMS
SECTORAL ALLOCATIONS
SOCIAL EXPENDITURES
SOCIAL INDICATORS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOCIAL SERVICES
STATE PROCUREMENT
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
STRUCTURAL REFORM
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX REVENUES
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSITION PROCESS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN WORKERS
spellingShingle ADJUSTMENT POLICIES
ANALYSIS PROCESS
ANALYTICAL WORK
ANNUAL GROWTH
ASSET MANAGEMENT
AUDITS
AUTHORITY
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BARREL
BUDGET MANAGEMENT
BUDGET SYSTEM
BUDGETARY EXPENDITURES
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CASH TRANSFERS
CITIZENS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CPI
CURRENCY UNIT
DATA COLLECTION
DEBT
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
DONOR COMMUNITY
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPLOYMENT
ENTERPRISE RESTRUCTURING
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXECUTION
EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS
EXPENDITURE CUTS
EXPLOITATION
EXTERNAL DEBT
EXTREME POVERTY
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
FINANCIAL MECHANISM
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FISCAL
FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL MANAGEMENT
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL REVENUE
FISCAL REVENUES
FISCAL STANCE
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FORMAL ECONOMY
GAS DEVELOPMENT
GAS EXPORTS
GAS EXTRACTION
GAS FIELD
GAS OUTPUT
GAS PIPELINE
GAS PRICES
GAS PROJECTS
GAS RESERVES
GAS RESOURCES
GAS SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
GAS SECTORS
GNP
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT REVENUES
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
HEALTH STATUS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INFLATION
INSTITUTION BUILDING
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESSES
INTEREST RATES
LABOR MARKET
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LONG RUN
MACRO POLICY
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION
MARKET ECONOMY
MEDIUM TERM
MINERAL
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
MONETARY STABILIZATION
NATIONS
OIL
OIL AND GAS
OIL AND GAS SECTOR
OIL COMPANIES
OIL COMPANY
OIL FIELDS
OIL PRICE
OIL PRICES
OIL PRODUCTION
OIL SECTOR
PETROLEUM
PIPELINE
POLICY CHOICES
POLICY FRAMEWORK
POLICY MEASURES
POLICY STANCE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POOR CHILDREN
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY COMPARISONS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PRICE STABILITY
PRIORITY AREAS
PRIVATE CONSUMPTION
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC FINANCES
PUBLIC INVESTMENT
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
PUBLIC RESOURCES
PUBLIC SECTOR
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
PUBLIC °° SECTOR
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL INTEREST RATES
REAL TERMS
REDUCING POVERTY
REFORM PROGRAM
RENT-SEEKING BEHAVIOR
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESOURCE CURSE
RICH COUNTRIES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
RURAL POVERTY
SAVINGS
SECTOR REFORMS
SECTORAL ALLOCATIONS
SOCIAL EXPENDITURES
SOCIAL INDICATORS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOCIAL SERVICES
STATE PROCUREMENT
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
STRUCTURAL REFORM
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX REVENUES
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSITION PROCESS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN WORKERS
World Bank
Azerbaijan : Public Expenditure Review
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Azerbaijan
description Azerbaijan has experienced robust economic growth during the past seven years, aided by its oil sector development. Nevertheless, poverty is still pervasive and social indicators have deteriorated. The oil and gas windfall will be of undoubted benefit to the country and its citizens if combined with a very careful macroeconomic policy and fiscal stance, as well as steadfast implementation of the structural reform program and poverty reduction strategy. The experience of other resource rich countries has often been disappointing and left large strata of the population in continued poverty. The main challenge for Azerbaijan is to design and implement a policy agenda that leads to poverty reduction and improves incomes as well as equity, while maintaining macroeconomic and financial stability. This Public Expenditure Review (PER) focuses on the public expenditure part of the overall policy agenda. Its main objective is to provide a framework for more efficient use of public resources and more effective poverty reduction efforts. This framework is designed to be consistent with the maintenance of overall macroeconomic stability and with sustainable economic growth in the non-oil sector. The macroeconomic achievements over the past five years have been encouraging. Continuing these achievements, however, may present a greater challenge to the authorities in the coming decade. The relatively speedy accumulation of fiscal revenues related to the oil and gas windfall will create heavy spending pressures. Using these funds unwisely or out of the context of a sound vision of the country's sustainable economic development path will create macroeconomic instabilities, inefficient and non-competitive non-oil activities, or both. The basic conclusion and simple recommendation of this PER is that Azerbaijan follow a fiscal strategy consistent with sustainable development of the non-oil sector, while over time mending institutional weaknesses and structural deficiencies, and investing in its people.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Azerbaijan : Public Expenditure Review
title_short Azerbaijan : Public Expenditure Review
title_full Azerbaijan : Public Expenditure Review
title_fullStr Azerbaijan : Public Expenditure Review
title_full_unstemmed Azerbaijan : Public Expenditure Review
title_sort azerbaijan : public expenditure review
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2274988/azerbaijan-public-expenditure-review
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13825
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spelling okr-10986-138252021-04-23T14:03:16Z Azerbaijan : Public Expenditure Review World Bank ADJUSTMENT POLICIES ANALYSIS PROCESS ANALYTICAL WORK ANNUAL GROWTH ASSET MANAGEMENT AUDITS AUTHORITY BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BARREL BUDGET MANAGEMENT BUDGET SYSTEM BUDGETARY EXPENDITURES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CASH TRANSFERS CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY CPI CURRENCY UNIT DATA COLLECTION DEBT DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DONOR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT ENTERPRISE RESTRUCTURING EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXECUTION EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS EXPENDITURE CUTS EXPLOITATION EXTERNAL DEBT EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MECHANISM FINANCIAL SECTOR FISCAL FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL MANAGEMENT FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FISCAL REVENUE FISCAL REVENUES FISCAL STANCE FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FORMAL ECONOMY GAS DEVELOPMENT GAS EXPORTS GAS EXTRACTION GAS FIELD GAS OUTPUT GAS PIPELINE GAS PRICES GAS PROJECTS GAS RESERVES GAS RESOURCES GAS SECTOR DEVELOPMENT GAS SECTORS GNP GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT REVENUES GOVERNMENT SPENDING GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HARD BUDGET CONSTRAINTS HEALTH STATUS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INFLATION INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS INSTITUTIONAL WEAKNESSES INTEREST RATES LABOR MARKET LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL GOVERNMENT LONG RUN MACRO POLICY MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MARKET ECONOMY MEDIUM TERM MINERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE MONETARY STABILIZATION NATIONS OIL OIL AND GAS OIL AND GAS SECTOR OIL COMPANIES OIL COMPANY OIL FIELDS OIL PRICE OIL PRICES OIL PRODUCTION OIL SECTOR PETROLEUM PIPELINE POLICY CHOICES POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY MEASURES POLICY STANCE POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR CHILDREN POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY LINE POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRICE STABILITY PRIORITY AREAS PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC °° SECTOR REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL INTEREST RATES REAL TERMS REDUCING POVERTY REFORM PROGRAM RENT-SEEKING BEHAVIOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESOURCE CURSE RICH COUNTRIES RURAL AREAS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POVERTY SAVINGS SECTOR REFORMS SECTORAL ALLOCATIONS SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SERVICES STATE PROCUREMENT STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL CHANGE STRUCTURAL REFORM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSITION PROCESS URBAN AREAS URBAN WORKERS Azerbaijan has experienced robust economic growth during the past seven years, aided by its oil sector development. Nevertheless, poverty is still pervasive and social indicators have deteriorated. The oil and gas windfall will be of undoubted benefit to the country and its citizens if combined with a very careful macroeconomic policy and fiscal stance, as well as steadfast implementation of the structural reform program and poverty reduction strategy. The experience of other resource rich countries has often been disappointing and left large strata of the population in continued poverty. The main challenge for Azerbaijan is to design and implement a policy agenda that leads to poverty reduction and improves incomes as well as equity, while maintaining macroeconomic and financial stability. This Public Expenditure Review (PER) focuses on the public expenditure part of the overall policy agenda. Its main objective is to provide a framework for more efficient use of public resources and more effective poverty reduction efforts. This framework is designed to be consistent with the maintenance of overall macroeconomic stability and with sustainable economic growth in the non-oil sector. The macroeconomic achievements over the past five years have been encouraging. Continuing these achievements, however, may present a greater challenge to the authorities in the coming decade. The relatively speedy accumulation of fiscal revenues related to the oil and gas windfall will create heavy spending pressures. Using these funds unwisely or out of the context of a sound vision of the country's sustainable economic development path will create macroeconomic instabilities, inefficient and non-competitive non-oil activities, or both. The basic conclusion and simple recommendation of this PER is that Azerbaijan follow a fiscal strategy consistent with sustainable development of the non-oil sector, while over time mending institutional weaknesses and structural deficiencies, and investing in its people. 2013-06-10T19:49:32Z 2013-06-10T19:49:32Z 2003-04-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/04/2274988/azerbaijan-public-expenditure-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13825 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Azerbaijan