The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      Political parties and leaders:

      Azadliq (Freedom) coalition (Popular Front Party, Liberal Party,

       Citizens' Development Party); Azerbaijan Democratic Party or ADP

       [Sardar JALALOGLU]; Azerbaijan Democratic Reforms Party (ADRP) Youth

       Movement [Ramin HAJILI]; Azerbaijan Popular Front or APF, now split

       in two [Ali KARIMLI, leader of "Reform" APF party; Mirmahmud

       MIRALI-OGLU, leader of "Classic" APF party]; Azerbaijan Public Forum

       [Eldar NAMAZOV]; Citizens' Development Party [Ali ALIYEV]; Civil

       Solidarity Party or CSP [Sabir RUSTAMKHANLY]; Dalga Youth Movement

       [Vafa JAFAROVA]; Green Party [Mais GULALIYEV and Tarana MAMMADOVA];

       Hope (Umid) Party [Iqbal AGAZADE]; Ireli Youth Movement [Jeyhun

       OSMANLI, Roya TALIBOVA, Farhad MAMMADOV, Elnara GARIBOVA, Elnur

       MAMMADOV, Ziya ALIYEV]; Justice Party [Ilyas ISMAILOV]; Liberal

       Party of Azerbaijan [Lala Shovkat HACIYEVA]; Magam Youth Movement

       [Emin HUSEYNOV]; Motherland Party [Fazail AGAMALI]; Musavat

       (Equality) [Isa GAMBAR, chairman]; Musavat Party Youth Movement

       [Elnur MAMMADLI]; National Democratic Party or Grey Wolves

       (Nationalist, Pan-Turkic) [Iskender HAMIDOV]; Open Society Party

       [Rasul GULIYEV, in exile in the US]; Party for National Independence

       of Azerbaijan or PNIA [Ayaz RUSTAMOV]; Popular Front Party Youth

       Movement [Seymur KHAZIYEV]; Social Democratic Party of Azerbaijan or

       SDP [Araz ALIZADE and Ayaz MUTALIBOV (in exile)]; Turkish

       Nationalist Party [Vugar BAYTURAN]; United Azerbaijan Party [Karrar

       ABILOV]; United Azerbaijan National Unity Party [Hajibaba AZIMOV];

       United Party [Tahir KARIMLI]; Yeni (New) Azerbaijan Party [President

       Ilham ALIYEV]; Yeni Azerbaijan Party Youth Movement [Ramil HASANOV];

       Yox (No) Youth Movement [Ali ISMAYILOV]

       note: opposition parties regularly factionalize and form new parties;

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

      Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (self-proclaimed); Karabakh Liberation Organization; Sadval, Lezgin movement; Talysh independence movement; Union of Pro-Azerbaijani Forces or UPAF

      International organization participation:

      ADB, BSEC, CE, CIS, EAPC, EBRD, ECO, FAO, GCTU, GUAM, IAEA, IBRD,

       ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,

       IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM (observer), OAS

       (observer), OIC, OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD,

       UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

      chief of mission: Ambassador Yashar ALIYEV chancery: 2741 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 337–3500 FAX: [1] (202) 337–5911 Consulate(s) general: Los Angeles

      Diplomatic representation from the US:

      chief of mission: Ambassador Anne E. DERSE embassy: 83 Azadlig Prospecti, Baku AZ1007 mailing address: American Embassy Baku, US Department of State, 7050 Baku Place, Washington, DC 20521–7050 telephone: [994] (12) 4980–335 through 337 FAX: [994] (12) 4656–671

      Flag description:

      three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in red band

      Economy

       Azerbaijan

      Economy - overview:

      Azerbaijan's high economic growth in 2006 and 2007 is attributable to large and growing oil exports. Azerbaijan's oil production declined through 1997, but has registered an increase every year since. Negotiation of production-sharing arrangements (PSAs) with foreign firms, which have committed $60 billion to long-term oilfield development, should generate the funds needed to spur future industrial development. Oil production under the first of these PSAs, with the Azerbaijan International Operating Company, began in November 1997. A consortium of Western oil companies began pumping 1 million barrels a day from a large offshore field in early 2006, through a $4 billion pipeline it built from Baku to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. By 2010 revenues from this project will double the country's current GDP. Azerbaijan shares all the formidable problems of the former Soviet republics in making the transition from a command to a market economy, but its considerable energy resources brighten its long-term prospects. Baku has only recently begun making progress on economic reform, and old economic ties and structures are slowly being replaced. Several other obstacles impede Azerbaijan's economic progress: the need for stepped up foreign investment in the non-energy sector, the continuing conflict with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, pervasive corruption, and elevated inflation. Trade with Russia and the other former Soviet republics is declining in importance, while trade is building with Turkey and the nations of Europe. Long-term prospects will depend on world oil prices, the location of new oil and gas pipelines in the region, and Azerbaijan's ability to manage its energy wealth.

      GDP (purchasing power parity):

      $64.66 billion (2007 est.)

      GDP (official exchange rate):

      $31.32 billion (2007 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

      23.4% (2007 est.)

      GDP - per capita (PPP):

      $8,000 (2007 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector:

      agriculture: 6.2% industry: 63.3% services: 30.5% (2007 est.)

      Labor force:

      5.243 million (2007 est.)

      Labor force - by occupation:

      agriculture: 41% industry: 7% services: 52% (2001)

      Unemployment rate:

      1% official rate (2007 est.)

      Population below poverty line:

      24% (2005 est.)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

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