How much will the global economy shrink?

By a decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan dated May 8, 2026, significant amendments were introduced to the “Regulation on the Normative Price of State Land Plots on Which Privatized State Enterprises and Facilities, as well as Enterprises and Facilities Built by Legal Entities and Individuals, Are Located,” adopted in 1998. The amendments fundamentally update the mechanism for calculating annual lease payments for state land plots and introduce a differentiated approach based on market value.

The International Monetary Fund’s latest economic outlook for 2026–2028 reads less like a technical forecast and more like a map of a changing world. As major economies struggle with slowing growth, debt pressures and geopolitical fragmentation, some of the fastest-growing countries are no longer found in traditional centres of global power.

In any country, migration is not simply the movement of people. It is the movement of skills, expectations, and ultimately the future. For Azerbaijan, this process remains less dramatic than in a number of neighboring states, yet sufficiently persistent to shape the tone of economic debate.

Azerbaijan’s push to digitise its transport and logistics system is no longer just a policy ambition. It is increasingly visible in the numbers — uneven, but directional — that point to a system in transition from infrastructure to coordination.