Armenia is a small land-locked mountainous country with relatively difficult access to regional and global markets. The … borders with Azerbaijan in the east and with Turkey in the southwest and west are closed. Only the borders with Georgia in the … expected to achieve better transport connections and greater economic integration, discusses improvements in Armenia's cross …

. Moreover, in Georgia and Armenia, roughly one in eight individuals lived in a state of chronic poverty in 2015, and in the case …

In all three countries of the South Caucasus region - Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia forests are a key natural …

(National Development and Reform Commission, 2015). This study analyzes a potential impact of the BRI on Azerbaijan's economy by … focusing on (1) Azerbaijan's connectivity and trade with the BRI economies; (2) its recent improvements in transport, power … gaps and challenges; and (4) potential economic effects of BRI on Azerbaijan's trade, foreign investment, growth and …

In Armenia, the proportion of women among employed workers increased from 45 to 48 percent between 2008 and 2015. This … wage gap in Armenia through stylized facts and further investigates its sources. The paper finds that the gender wage gap … in hourly pay is 20 percent on average. Looking at the different percentiles, the disparity in wages in Armenia in 2015 …

This paper discusses equality of opportunity in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, with an emphasis on access to labor … characterized as unfair is relatively high. Armenia and Azerbaijan stand out for the significant share of inequality in access to …