Happiness Index: Hope or Prosperity?

The list begins with ordinary things: white shirts, trousers or a skirt, a jacket, school shoes and sportswear. Then come the backpack, pencil case, notebooks, pencils, modeling clay, drawing pad and water bottle. Each purchase looks manageable on...

A smaller wheat harvest, disruptions along key trade routes and rising fertiliser prices are creating a new wave of risks for Azerbaijan, where domestic production covers only about 60% of wheat demand and reliance on imports has increased in recent...

Traffic violations from motorways to rural roads A fine: a tool or a sanction? The purpose of a fine is not to punish the driver, but to prevent traffic violations and crashes. The success of a fine policy should therefore be measured not by the...

Where Azerbaijan’s mandatory insurance system leaves patients alone with the bill Azerbaijan’s mandatory health insurance system is rapidly expanding the number of covered services and operations. Yet queues, dependence on referrals, the...