World Bank Prepares $410 Million for “Livable Baku” Project, but Transparency Questions Remain

Why ING No Longer Expects Further Rate Cuts The latest macroeconomic revision by ING Group on Azerbaijan signals an important shift in how the country’s economic outlook is being assessed: inflationary risks are building faster than anticipated,...

Why Azerbaijan Still Cannot Fully Supply Itself with Its Own Food Wheat Azerbaijan’s State Reserves Agency has announced the start of procurement of high-quality domestic food wheat from local producers from the 2026 harvest. The acceptance of...

Azerbaijan has fully implemented four out of 31 anti-corruption recommendations issued by GRECO under its fifth evaluation round on preventing corruption among top executive officials and law enforcement agencies, according to a summary assessment...

Can Baku Become a Regional Payment Hub? The Central Bank of Azerbaijan has identified digitalization and artificial intelligence as key priorities in its new financial sector development strategy for 2027–2030, signaling that Baku intends to...