Wescott, ClayDesai, RajTalvitie, Antti2017-05-222017-05-222011-12978-1-60244-206-1https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26677Azerbaijan is a secular, majority-Shiite, oil and gas-rich country whose per-capita income quadrupled in real terms during the period 2004-10. While rising incomes have reduced poverty, steps towards a more secure, diversified economy are held back by a public sector that rests on vested interests, patronage-based incentive structures, and ingrained patterns of behavior that include significant rent extraction, particularly from the non-oil economy, with minimal checks and balances from Parliament, the private sector, and civil society. Bank engagement in Azerbaijan at the country level focused on areas which had government support. Some modest results have been achieved, even though in many cases modern laws and practices were adopted without adequate plans for implementation. At the project level, the Bank has supported the strengthening of project implementation units (PIUs) and tools for monitoring, and governance and institutional filters have signaled that Governance and Anticorruption (GAC) processes need to be embedded in the Bank projects. At the sector level, the Bank's work was highly relevant in supporting oil revenue transparency, primary education, roads, and the development of safeguards. It was substantially relevant in public financial management, and private sector development and procurement. Bank engagement was moderately relevant in decentralization, civil service reform, and accountability institutions.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO FINANCEACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICESACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO MARKETSACCOUNTABILITYACCOUNTINGACCOUNTING STANDARDSADBADMINISTRATIVE BARRIERSADMINISTRATIVE COSTSADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIESADVISORY SERVICESANTI-MONEY LAUNDERINGANTICORRUPTIONANTICORRUPTION EFFORTSANTICORRUPTION ISSUESANTICORRUPTION STRATEGYASSETSAUDITINGAUDITSAUTHORITYAUTOMATIC TELLERBALANCE SHEETSBANK LENDINGBASIC SERVICEBEST PRACTICEBORROWERBRIBEBUDGETARY RESOURCESBUREAUCRACYBUSINESS ENABLINGBUSINESS ENABLING ENVIRONMENTCABINET OF MINISTERSCAPACITY BUILDINGCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCIVIL SERVANTSCIVIL SERVICECIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENTCONSTITUENCIESCORPORATE GOVERNANCECREDITSCRIMECRIMINALDECENTRALIZATIONDECENTRALIZATION OBJECTIVESDECISION-MAKINGDEMOCRACYDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDISCLOSUREDISCRETIONDISCRETIONARY POWERSDISTRICTSDIVERSIFICATIONDONOR FUNDSDONOR RESOURCESECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC INITIATIVESEDUCATION DEVELOPMENTEMPOWERMENTENACTMENTENFORCEMENT AGENCIESENFORCEMENT MECHANISMSENROLLMENTETHICSEXPENDITUREEXPENDITURE MANAGEMENTFAMILIESFIDUCIARY STANDARDSFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL INFORMATIONFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRAININGFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL SECTORFINANCIAL SERVICESFISCAL DECENTRALIZATIONFISCAL PRESSUREFISCAL REFORMSFRAUDFUELGLOBAL INITIATIVESGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE INDICATORSGOVERNANCE REFORMGOVERNMENT DECISIONGOVERNMENT EFFORTSGOVERNMENT MINISTRIESGOVERNMENT OFFICIALSGOVERNMENT REVENUESHIGHWAYHIGHWAY PROJECTHOLDING COMPANIESHUMAN RESOURCEINCOME TAXINEQUALITYINFORMATION MANAGEMENTINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINITIATIVEINSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTSINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDINGINSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTINSTITUTIONAL REFORMSINSURANCEINTEGRITYINTERNAL AUDITINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINVESTIGATIONINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT PLANISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANKJUDICIAL INSTITUTIONSJUDICIARYJUSTICELAW ENFORCEMENTLAWSLAWYERLEADERSHIPLEGAL SYSTEMLEGISLATIONLENDING PORTFOLIOLOANLOCAL ROADSMEDIAMINISTERMINISTRY OF FINANCEMONEY LAUNDERINGMULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKSMUNICIPALITIESNATIONSNEW MARKETOPERATIONAL RISKPATRONAGEPENSIONSPOLICEPOLITICAL LEADERSPRESIDENCYPRESIDENTSPRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENTPRIVATIZATIONPROCUREMENTPROCUREMENT LAWPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC INSTITUTIONSPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC MANAGEMENTPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC PROCUREMENTPUBLIC RESOURCESPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTABILITYPUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENTPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSREFUGEESREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY REGIMESREORGANIZATIONREPRESENTATIVESRESOURCE DISTRIBUTIONREVENUE MOBILIZATIONRISK MANAGEMENTRISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSROADSANCTIONSSAVINGSSERVICE DELIVERYSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL INSURANCESOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMSOCIAL SECTORSOCIAL SERVICESSTART-UPSSTATE ENTERPRISESSTATE INSTITUTIONSSTATE PROCUREMENTSTATE-OWNED ENTERPRISESSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTTAX ADMINISTRATIONTAX CODETAX COLLECTIONSTAX RATETAX SHARINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL SUPPORTTERRORISMTRADE FACILITATIONTRAFFICTRAFFIC VOLUMESTRANSACTION COSTSTRANSITTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORTUNIONVEHICLEWEALTHZERO TOLERANCEWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/978-1-60244-206-1