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2. Tourism in the South Caucasus region during the post-pandemic period
- Author:
- Murad Agayev
- Publication Date:
- 01-2023
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
- Abstract:
- This article explores the tourism sector of the South Caucasus region in the post-pandemic period. In general, due to the pandemic, the share of the tourism sector in the global GDP has decreased by more than 2 times. In the post-pandemic period, although the share of the sector in the global GDP has increased again, it lags behind the statistics of the pre-pandemic period. Surrounded by the Black Sea from the west and the Caspian Sea from the east, the South Caucasus region has a unique nature, rich historical and cultural heritage, unique gastronomy, traditions and riches that transcend national borders.
- Topic:
- Tourism, GDP, and COVID-19
- Political Geography:
- Azerbaijan and South Caucasus
3. What are the Drivers of Child Marriage: A Case of Azerbaijan
- Author:
- Farid Rahimli
- Publication Date:
- 01-2023
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
- Abstract:
- This paper analyzes early marriages by gender group of regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Which factors cause early Marriages, and how early marriages lead to other problems. Districts in Azerbaijan have a higher rate of early marriages than cities. The Article considers the population distribution by sex, number and total ratios of officially registered marriages and divorces. 2005–2021 number of marriages by age groups of bride and groom, 2021, the number of marriages by age group of the bride and groom in the economic regions and administrative-territorial units Azerbaijan. This assessment identified more of the initial effects of early marriages and gender equality...
- Topic:
- Development, Children, Child Marriage, and Society
- Political Geography:
- Caucasus and Azerbaijan
4. Assessing the importance of new corridors in the South Caucasus in the context of the RussianUkrainian war
- Author:
- Murad Agayev
- Publication Date:
- 01-2023
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
- Abstract:
- This article analyzes the possibilities of a new corridor in the South Caucasus region in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The research is important because after the 44-day war, fertile conditions for new opportunities have emerged in the South Caucasus region. The RussianUkrainian war and the resulting damage to the transport sector, like other sectors, necessitated the creation and use of alternative routes. The questioning of the security of the Black Sea due to the war and the closing of the European space for Russia created a problem for the countries that used Russia and the Black Sea to reach Europe. These countries are already evaluating alternative opportunities to the corridors. One of these possibilities is the Middle Corridor project, which has seen an increase in the volume of transported cargo since its inception, except during the pandemic period. During the war, the shortest possible transport corridor from China to Europe will be provided after the financial investment in the infrastructure and the integration of the Zangezur Corridor into the Middle Corridor, and work on this process is currently being continued. The North-South Corridor, which has been discussed for a long time however has not gained much popularity, gained even more importance during the war, and the works related to the construction of the infrastructure of the corridor were accelerated.
- Topic:
- Security, Infrastructure, Transportation, and Russia-Ukraine War
- Political Geography:
- Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and South Caucasus
5. Gender Equality & Women's Empowerment in the Post-Soviet Space: Challenges and Perspectives
- Author:
- Vugar Bayramov, Nigar Islamli, and Emin Mammadov
- Publication Date:
- 01-2023
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
- Abstract:
- The countries have a plan for women’s empowerment that sets it as a primary target in national development plan for achieving gender equality outcomes across the country. Under this review, the countries’ gender assessment, which mainly consider the female labor force participation in these countries, elaborates the extent to which women enjoy the same rights and opportunities, in which sectors they are highly employed and what obstacles they face that could be of exceptional importance in formulating policy objectives. The analysis also touches some points on women’s social and economic empowerment, which pertains to access opportunities and resources, and control their own lives.
- Topic:
- Development, Women, Employment, Inequality, Post-Soviet Space, and Gender
- Political Geography:
- Caucasus and Azerbaijan
6. Sex-selective Abortion in Azerbaijan: Exploring Institutional Dynamics and Responses
- Author:
- Fuad Karimli
- Publication Date:
- 01-2023
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
- Abstract:
- Azerbaijan has been gradually ranked lower in terms of its gender equality indicators like the political empowerment and estimated earned income of women (Gender Gap Report, 2022). Sex selective abortion has considerably risen in the past thirty years in and currently Azerbaijan holds the highest level globally. If the sex ratio at birth (SRB) is higher than the natural range, then there is sex-selective abortion taking place. A stratification is seen through the regions of Azerbaijan in terms of the SRB. Most of the regions with highest SRB are in southern regions. Half of the fourteen economic regions in Azerbaijan have seen a decrease in the SRB within the past ten years, three have seen an increase and four have not experienced a significant change. High levels of sex-selective abortion have impacted the demography of Azerbaijan, but it has not had long-term social and economic effects. The employment rate for women and the number of girls enrolled into education has increased throughout all regions. However, looking through a more general scope, over thirty years of sex-selective abortion has had an impact on the demographic distribution, to the extent that women make up less of the population under 30 years old on average than men. Although the number of women employed has seen a steady increase, the gender gap in the labour force has only marginally decreased in five years with more women than men in the working age population who are unemployed. The number of abortions after 12 weeks has also seen a faster increase as compared to the total number of abortions.
- Topic:
- Women, Discrimination, Empowerment, Abortion, and Gender
- Political Geography:
- Caucasus and Azerbaijan
7. De-colonising the Azerbaijan-Armenian Conflict: Breaking the Knot of Security and Dependence
- Author:
- Leila Alieva
- Publication Date:
- 11-2023
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Istituto Affari Internazionali
- Abstract:
- The recent military operation in the Nagorno Karabakh area reflects a broader regional transformation. Its essence is in the second attempt (with the first one in Azerbaijan 30 years ago) of changing the security paradigm, this time in Armenia, leading to de-colonisation of relations in the region. The core of this change is liberation from the dependence on Russia’s almost two centuries old patronage, with Nagorno Karabakh conflict evolving as a tool of this dependence. With all the contradictions over the territory between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and difference in current political systems, the countries seem at last to arrive to the same conclusion of Russia and her control of the Karabakh elite being one of the obstacles to the peaceful relations, reforms and integration in the West. The power balance in the region, affected by such factors as Turkey’s greater involvement, distraction of the West, Russia’s increasing isolation, besides power change in Armenia, has also contributed to the “window of opportunity” for a change of paradigms. The role and influence of the EU and the US in this process, including in deterring potential military developments, will be dependent on the perception of them by the parties as non-partisan brokers, promotion of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan as independent subjects of international relations and consistency in support of democracy.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Security, Territorial Disputes, Conflict, Mediation, and Interdependence
- Political Geography:
- Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Nagorno-Karabakh
8. The Sky is the Limit: The Azerbaijan-Israel-Türkiye Trio and the Greater Middle East
- Author:
- Rusif Huseynov
- Publication Date:
- 08-2022
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies
- Abstract:
- In our latest issue of Turkeyscope, the director of Azerbaijan's Topchubashov Center, Rusif Huseynov writes on the existing and potential security and economic cooperation between Israel and Azerbaijan, as well as the strategic link both countries share with Turkey.
- Topic:
- Security, Economics, Bilateral Relations, and Cooperation
- Political Geography:
- Turkey, Middle East, Israel, and Azerbaijan
9. Peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia: Who will economically win?
- Author:
- Emin Mammadov and Nigar Islamli
- Publication Date:
- 10-2022
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
- Abstract:
- Following the recent September escalations along the Azerbaijan and Armenian border, in a way towards achieving a sustainable peace deal and long-lasting security in the Caucasus, the quadrilateral meeting in pragmatic terms is deemed to play a significant role in this vein putting an end to hostilities. The President of Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia met in Prague on 6 October 2022 in the margins of the first European Political Community at the invitation of the President of the French Republic and the President of the European Council. Both sides reiterated their commitment to the Charter of the United Nations and the Alma Ata 1991 Declaration through which both recognize each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty which will act as a legal basis for the work of the border delimitation commissions.
- Topic:
- Security, Economics, Sovereignty, Treaties and Agreements, Territorial Disputes, and Borders
- Political Geography:
- Caucasus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
10. Assessment of Initial Impacts of Western Sanctions against Russia: Effects for Azerbaijani Economy
- Author:
- Emin Mammadov
- Publication Date:
- 08-2022
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
- Abstract:
- Repercussions of the western sanctions on the Russian economy increasingly arise that negatively affect the total economic structure. National GDP shrank by 4.3% in the first quarter of the current year. As forecasted by the Russian Central Bank following the exposure to sanctions, a 7 percent reduction in the GDP could be expected in the third quarter. Russian ruble lost its value by 7 percent against the dollar in less than a month which even resulted in an inevitable devaluation in the official exchange rate.
- Topic:
- Sanctions, Economy, and Russia-Ukraine War
- Political Geography:
- Russia and Azerbaijan
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