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bicusa.org/azerbaijan Home Regions Europe/Central AsiaAzerbaijan Azerbaijan Overview Key Issues Problem Projects Updates Resources Contacts RSS Update \| 17 July 2008 IMF working group drafts guidelines for sovereign wealth funds On July 9-10, 2008, the International Monetarty Funds’s (IMF) Working Group on Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) held a two-day meeting in Singapore to address concerns around SWFs and consider possible guidelines. Read more Update \| 10 June 2008 Kazakhstan signs BTC agreement into law, plans new pipelines Kazakhstan has signed into law a 2006 agreement to transport oil through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, while making plans to connect its oil to the BTC route through additional domestic and trans-Caspian pipelines. Read more Country Update \| 4 June 2008 Azerbaijan Country Update #14 Recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to activities of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in Azerbaijan. Read more Update \| 2 June 2008 The EBRD’s Annual Meeting in Kiev Read highlights from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) Annual Meeting, held last month in Kiev, Ukraine. Read more Update \| 29 May 2008 World Bank sets up $1.2 billion facility for food aid The World Bank announced today that it has set up a financing facility in the order of $1.2 billion to assist with the global food crisis. Read more Update \| 15 May 2008 EBRD approves new policies The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved new Environmental and Social Policy as well as a Public Information Policy, a week before the EBRD Annual Meetings. Read more Update \| 24 March 2008 Struggle over succession at the EBRD A struggle over selecting the successor to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has divided donor and recipient countries in a manner that is reminiscent of the recent debates over succession at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Read more Country Update \| 24 September 2007 Azerbaijan Country Update #13 Recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to activities of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in Azerbaijan. Read more Country Update \| 29 January 2007 Azerbaijan Country Update #12 Recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to activities of the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) in Azerbaijan. Read more Update \| 24 August 2006 New Discussion Paper: Azerbaijan’s Continued Struggle with Poverty and Oil Dependence This paper assesses a decade of IFI operations in Azerbaijan and how those operations have performed in relation to the goal of economic diversification – a main objective of IFI lending programs and the main priority of Azerbaijan's poverty reduction program. Read more Country Update \| 25 July 2006 Azerbaijan Country Update #11, July 2006 Read more Country Update \| 23 May 2006 Azerbaijan Country Update #10, May 2006 Read more Country Update \| 14 February 2006 Azerbaijan Country Update #9, February 2006 Read more Update \| 11 October 2005 New report on BTC refutes claims of poverty reduction Report released on October 11, ahead of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline opening ceremony in Tbilisi, Georgia details the infringements detected in the construction phase of the Georgian section of the BTC pipeline and the problems – many of them with long-term implications – faced by Georgians during the implementation of the project. Read more Country Update \| 5 August 2005 Azerbaijan Country Update #7, July 2005 The Azerbaijan Country Update provides information about recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to International Financial Institution (IFI) involvement in Azerbaijan. Read more Update \| 1 August 2005 ADB Safeguards Policy Review: NGOs recommend thorough and participatory process Independent assessment of Safeguard Policies implementation also recommended. Read more Update \| 1 August 2005 ADB launches Safeguard Policies “Update” Asian Development Bank announces plans to review policies on Involuntary Resettlement, Indigenous Peoples, and Environment. Read more Update \| 31 May 2005 BTC pipeline celebrates first oil The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline was officially opened on May 25 with Presidential ceremony. Read more Country Update \| 23 May 2005 Azerbaijan Country Update #6, May 2005 The Azerbaijan Country Update provides information about recent developments, decisions, and civil society activities related to International Financial Institution (IFI) involvement in Azerbaijan Read more Update \| 22 March 2005 BIC releases March update on Azerbaijan Read more Update \| 10 February 2005 EBRD calls for comments on Azerbaijan Country Strategy Read more Update \| 2 February 2005 BIC releases February update on Azerbaijan Read more Update \| 18 November 2004 BIC releases November update on Azerbaijan Read more Update \| 29 July 2004 BIC releases overview report of MDB investment in Azerbaijan through May 2004 Read more Update \| 7 May 2004 BIC releases update #2 on MDB activities in Azerbaijan- May 2004 Read more Update \| 3 March 2004 BIC releases update #1 on MDB activities in Azerbaijan This update supplements the original October report titled "Multilateral Development Investment in Azerbaijan Through September 2003." Read more Update \| 13 January 2004 Report issued on the public disclosure and consultation process in Azerbaijan CEE Bankwatch Network has released its report, "Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey pipeline systems: An evaluation of the public disclosure and consultation process." Read more Update \| 1 November 2003 BIC releases report on MDB investment in Azerbaijan This report titled, "Multilateral Development Investment in Azerbaijan," was written to help interested organizations understand the scope of MDB activity in Azerbaijan and access information about specific projects. Read more Update \| 30 October 2003 Oil Union files corruption charges against the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Read more Print this page Email this page		Search Regions Africa Asia Europe/Central Asia Latin America Middle East and North Africa See Also Asian Development Bank European Bank for Reconstruction and Development International Finance Corporation International Monetary Fund Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency World Bank (IBRD & IDA) Группа Всемирного Банка Европейский Банк Реконструкции и Развития Europe/Central Asia Stay Informed! Sign up for our e-newsletters. Sign up

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