Press Review 16. 07.2016

The economic development of the country, the number of working population in the country, the situation with business environment in Azerbaijan, the fight against corruption are the major themes  in today's press.

The official newspaper "Azerbaijan" published an article by the editor Bakhtiyar Sadigov, entitled: "Azerbaijan is steadily developing."

According to him, an impetus to the events gave the April battles, as well as the possibility of the country's economy, yet laid by Heydar Aliyev. That is, the Azerbaijani model of development. In support of its findings Sadikhov causes a variety of data, talking about industrial parks and state programs in different regions of the country.

"Azadlig" journalist investigation leads Shahvalad Chobanoglu presents research on statistics.  The data by the  State Statistical Committee  vary widely with the data on the number of officials working.

 Ilham Aliyev approves the opening of new jobs and reduction of GDP. However, the State Statistics Committee data on the number of employees is three times lower than is shown  by Aliyev. How could it happen, asks the author?

"Echo" publishes an article titled: "Can we improve the business climate in Azerbaijan?". According to experts, some laws and regulations are not enough. The commission created on the eve should present concrete measures to improve the business climate: to differentiate the tax imposition, put an end to monopolies, to reduce the number of licenses related to entrepreneurship. They all are the sources of corruption.

"New Times" publishes an article about the formal fight against corruption in the country, arguing that the prosecution reveals only minor corrupt, but do not touch government officials. Corrupt officials create   their business from the state budget, ignoring the laws. Society wants their exposure, and this is the social order.

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