Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 18
By Samir Ali - Trend:
Preservation of the leading position among the states of the world by Azerbaijan in the Global Competitiveness Report prepared by the World Economic Forum using a completely new methodology causes a sense of pride and is commendable, Aydin Guliyev, the editor-in-chief of the Bakı Kheber newspaper told Trend Oct. 18.
He noted that despite that the World Economic Forum has changed its methodology of approach to countries, Azerbaijan has managed to maintain its leading position.
"This is a very important result, which once again emphasizes that in Azerbaijan, the dynamics of processes in all directions is progressing. Another important point is that Azerbaijan has achieved great results in approximately 70 new indicators not used in practice previously. This means that Azerbaijan, not knowing in advance what indicators will be used for implementation of assessment around the world, worked in this direction, which means that the motives of the state’s and President Ilham Aliyev’s activities was and is to improve economic well-being of the population, and not to take the first place in the report," Guliyev said.
"Azerbaijan is at a high spot in terms of social justice, which absolutely corresponds to the logic of the policy pursued in the country. This is the main reason of stability in Azerbaijan, public support provided to the President of Azerbaijan, interethnic and inter-religious solidarity, general civil solidarity. Indeed, if there is no high level of social justice in the country, then we cannot talk about sustainable stability and reliable internal security," Guliyev said.
The expert said that the achievement by Azerbaijan of a high rating on such indicators as “the dynamics of business”, "education" and "infrastructure" is fully consistent with reality.
"This report provides an opportunity for the nations and states of the world to once again get acquainted with the results of the purposeful activities of the President of Azerbaijan. If we consider that the World Economic Forum plays a role of a socio-economic assessment in the world, success achieved by Azerbaijan should be evaluated as achievements that cannot be achieved by every country.
The report once again demonstrated to the world that Azerbaijan is a country where the social well-being of the people is 100% guaranteed, a country that created the opportunity to quickly start a business, a country that has established a strong link between human development and the environment, a country that tirelessly attaches importance to infrastructure projects," Guliyev said.
He noted that only a part of the 15-year activity of the President of Azerbaijan lies behind the latest report of the World Economic Forum, and if all the work carried out in the country was included in the list of indicators of the report of the World Economic Forum, the international rating figures would be even higher.
"The consistent and purposeful policy pursued by President Ilham Aliyev gives grounds to say that there are solid bases for success that will meet higher rating requirements in the future. The policy of President Ilham Aliyev is the only source of guarantee for all international rating indicators of Azerbaijan," the expert said.