Milli Büdcə Qrupunun Gəncə Dövlət Universitetində keçirdiyi seminar.

In this week\'s The Listening Post, Richard Gizbert puts Azerbaijan under the spotlight. Freedom of the press in the former Soviet republic has not moved on since pre-perestroika days. And with presidential elections on the horizon the government is cracking down further on journalists who refuse to tow the party line. [More] [Less]

The government of Azerbaijan, expects to earn up to $100bn over the next five years from its oil production. But despite its energy riches, most Azeris live below the poverty line. Al Jazeera\'s Hamish McDonald looks at why revenues merely trickle away rather than down.

OSI-AF reported on its budget expenses in 2009 and made a presentation of the new web-site.

Every year the parents are paied informal payments at school. This expenditure cover such as providing different types of events, repairs etc. Have you ever interested how this money spends? Do you have a transparency board in you school?

George Soros predicted the burst of the housing bubble two years ago. Fareed Zakaria gets his thoughts on the crisis.

Guests: Aydin Mirzazade, Ilgar Mamedov, Rauf Mirkadirov and others.

http://www.weforum.org 29.01.2009 The Great Game Revisited The strategic and economic importance of the Caucasus and Central Asia remains unchanged despite the global slowdown. How will the interplay between historical and emerging powers as well as old and new interests reshape the future of the region? Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey Serzh A. Sargsyan, President of Armenia Chaired by Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group, USA; Young Global Leader [More] [Less]