BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 29
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
International Strategy Partners Group (ISPG) completed its research on “Competitiveness rating of 40 cities in Central Asia and the Caucasus," Trend reports via ISPG.
The top ten cities included Nur-Sultan (390 points), Baku (384), Tbilisi (382), Aktau (379), Ashgabat (366), Batumi (366), Atyrau (365), Almaty (3496), Tashkent ( 342), Uralsk (299).
The highest score went to Nur-Sultan, while the lowest rating was given to the city of Osh with a total score of 183.
This rating is the first study of the competitiveness of cities in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus and their attractiveness for doing business, life and investment according to official data for 2018.
In total, the study included 40 cities from 8 countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Based on the statistics of the official websites of the country's authorized bodies, 14 indicators were taken for analysis, divided into 5 main areas: technological development and human capital, economic and trade potential, as well as environmental emissions and crime rates.
14 key indicators:
- GRP per capita;
- The volume of exports per capita;
- The volume of imports per capita;
- The balance of exports and imports per capita;
- The volume of investment per capita;
- Average salary;
- The ratio of tourists to the population;
- Human Capital Development Index;
- R&D costs per capita;
- The ratio of the number of small enterprises to the population;
- Emissions to the environment from stationary sources per capita;
- The total amount of city emissions into the environment;
- The ratio of the balance of migration to population;
- The ratio of crime to population.