Media Review April 15, 2019

Socio-economic successes of the country, the situation in the insurance market, and a look at modern education management are the leading topics of today's media.

The newspaper Azerbaijan writes that in the first 2 months of 2019, the country's GDP grew by 3%. The highest indicator - 15.5% was recorded in the non-oil sphere.

The author refers to the WB report that the country has an appropriate investment climate. In this issue, Azerbaijan ranked 25th.

Last year, 17.2 billion manat was invested in the economy of Azerbaijan.

The article also refers to the presidential decrees aimed at improving the social well-being of citizens; 1.5 billion manat will be spent from the state budget for this purpose.

The website Oxu.az discusses the topic of the insurance market with the MP Vahid Ahmedov, who believes that the market is very weak.

Unfortunately, entrepreneurs do not pay enough attention to insurance, due to high insurance payments. Nevertheless, the MP believes objects of property and real estate should be insured.

It is necessary to adopt a law on the insurance of agricultural property. Discussion of such a law is expected.

The website Yeni Sabah writes about the management style in the education system. For example, rectors sit in their positions for 10-15 years and consider universities operated by them almost as their property.

The universities of Azerbaijan are lagging behind the global trends of global and IT development. They cannot compete with world universities in terms of education.