Promoting Azerbaijan's Agricultural Productivity (1997-2010)

Promoting Azerbaijan's Agricultural Productivity (1997-2010)

The objective of this study is to evaluate the World Bank Group's (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development [IBRD], International Development Association [IDA], and International Finance Corporation [IFC]) effectiveness in promoti...

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Main Author:	Oblitas, Keith R.
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING ADVISORY SERVICE ADVISORY SERVICES AGGREGATE MEASURE OF SUPPORT AGRARIAN REFORM AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL ADVICE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AGRICULTURAL CREDITS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL MARKETING AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL SERVICES AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE AID AGENCIES AID TO AGRICULTURE BANK LENDING BANKING SECTOR BETTER FARMING PRACTICES BORROWER BORROWING BUSINESS ENABLING BUSINESS ENABLING ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS PLANS CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CAPITAL MARKETS COLLATERAL COLLECTIVE FARMS COMMERCIAL BANK COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMERCIAL FARMS COMPETITIVE GRANTS CONSUMER SURPLUS COOPERATIVES CORRUPTION COST-EFFECTIVENESS COUNTERPART FUNDS COUNTRY COMPARISONS CREDIT PROGRAM CREDIT UNION CREDIT UNIONS CROP AREA CROP DIVERSIFICATION CROP PRODUCTION CROPS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT CENTER DISTRIBUTION OF LAND DIVERSIFICATION DONOR FUNDING DRAINAGE ECOLOGICAL ZONES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYER EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURIAL ENVIRONMENT ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXTENSION AGENTS EXTENSION SERVICES FAMILY FARMS FARM SECTOR FARM SYSTEMS FARMER FARMERS FARMS FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL VIABILITY FOOD PROCESSING FOOD SECURITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT GENDER GOVERNMENT FUNDING GOVERNMENT POLICY GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES INCOMES INFLATION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTEGRATION INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCE IRRIGATION ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK LAND ADMINISTRATION LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND REFORM LAND REFORMS LAND REGISTRATION LAND REGISTRATIONS LAND RIGHTS LAND TAXES LENDER LENDERS LENDING CONDITIONS LENDING PORTFOLIO LEVEL PLAYING FIELD LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVING STANDARDS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MARKETING MATURITIES MEAT MICRO-FINANCE MICRO-PROJECTS MICROFINANCE MILK MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS NUTRITION PASTURE MANAGEMENT PHYSICAL ASSETS POOR COMMUNITIES POOR FARMERS POORER FAMILIES PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS POTABLE WATER POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE BANKS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC FUNDS RATES OF RETURN REAL ESTATE REGIONAL ADVISORY REPAYMENT REPAYMENT SCHEDULES RURAL AREAS RURAL BANKING RURAL FAMILIES RURAL FINANCE RURAL INCOMES RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL PEOPLE RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL ROADS RURAL SECTOR SANITATION SECOND LOAN SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION SOCIAL WELFARE SOILS STORAGE FACILITIES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBSIDIZATION SUBSISTENCE TAXATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TERM CREDIT TRANSPORT VEGETABLES VETERINARY SERVICES VILLAGE VILLAGES WATER SUPPLY WATER USERS WHEAT PRODUCTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/575981468010221499/Promoting-Azerbaijans-agricultural-productivity-1997-2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27351

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Summary:	The objective of this study is to evaluate the World Bank Group's (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development [IBRD], International Development Association [IDA], and International Finance Corporation [IFC]) effectiveness in promoting growth in agricultural productivity in Azerbaijan, and to derive lessons that may be relevant for the World Bank Group's future engagement in Azerbaijani agriculture. The study covers the World Bank's entire agricultural lending and analytical portfolio, and the full period of the Bank's involvement with Azerbaijan's rural sector, commencing in 1997 when the first agricultural project was launched, to 2010. The report begins (section one) with an overview of agriculture's role in Azerbaijan's economy, the strategic need for increased agricultural growth and the technical, economic and policy constraints impeding growth. Section two reviews the Bank's lending program and analytical work, and considers the appropriate balance between lending and analytical activities. Section three assesses the Bank's impact on agricultural productivity, and section four considers how environmental management, social welfare and agricultural growth can be mutually complementary. Section five and six reviews cross-cutting aspects of the Bank's work in Azerbaijan's agriculture sector, including the Bank's effectiveness as an innovator and as a partner with the government in agricultural reform. And section seven assesses the impact of the Bank's own institutional structure and practices on its operational effectiveness promoting agricultural productivity. Concluding the report, Section 8 highlights the main areas where the Bank could have had greater impact on the country's agricultural productivity, and the lessons thereby emerging for the Bank's agricultural role in Azerbaijan in future years.