{"id":182463,"date":"2017-02-10T17:43:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T17:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/experts-sound-off-on-aliyevs-appraisal-of-countrys-use-of-oil-wealth\/"},"modified":"2021-10-29T13:49:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T09:49:19","slug":"experts-sound-off-on-aliyevs-appraisal-of-countrys-use-of-oil-wealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/experts-sound-off-on-aliyevs-appraisal-of-countrys-use-of-oil-wealth\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts Sound Off On Aliyev’s Appraisal of Country’s Use of Oil Wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n President Ilham Aliyev’s recent statements at a conference dedicated to the third year of the \u201cState Program on the Social-Economic Development of the Regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 2014-2018\u201d are being widely-discussed on the web.\n<\/p>\n

\n In particular, his assessment of the country’s use of oil wealth as ‘prudent and judicious’\u00a0drew special attention:\n<\/p>\n

\n “Some analysts said that oil would bring misfortune to Azerbaijan and not happiness. However, we have built today a steady state and have been living independently for 25 years already. There will be even bigger things to come in the future\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n Meydan TV asked several prominent public figures their opinion Ilham Aliyev\u2019s claims.\n<\/p>\n

\n Chairman of both the Civic Solidarity Party and the World Congress of Azerbaijanis Sabir Rustamkhanli said that he is as of yet not ready to answer questions on whether oil has brought happiness or misfortune to Azerbaijan:\n<\/p>\n

\n “This question should be analyzed and examined further. In any case, I don\u2019t think oil itself has brought misfortune to Azerbaijan\u2026\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Turan Information Agency analyst Toghrul Juvarli thinks that the correlation between oil and the felicity of the state is hard to gauge:\n<\/p>\n

\n “The thing is that oil itself doesn\u2019t bring happiness or bad luck. If we talk about the effective use of oil, we could talk, for example, about Norway \u2013 oil didn\u2019t damage the country, did it? And that\u2019s because the economic system used the opportunity effectively\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n However, Azerbaijan did not:\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cIncome revenue was wasted and few if any reforms were made. In some sense it was bad luck \u2013\u00a0but it was not damage caused by oil itself. Oil is wealth, and it depends how you use this wealth\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n Head of National Strategic Thinking Centre Isa Qambar, in turn, regrets that the majority of Azerbaijan\u2019s independent period has been reigned over by the Aliyev regime:\n<\/p>\n

\n “Azerbaijani oil was not used for the benefit of the nation during this period \u2013 it was used only for the interests of the ruling family. It is said that revenue from oil reached about 150 billion USD, but most of it was embezzled by rulers and spent on projects without any long-term perspective \u2013 glorious buildings, European Games that nobody really cares about in the West. And it was used neither for strengthening the welfare of the nation, nor for preparing savings for the future. Thus, the oil policy of the Azerbaijani government has served exclusively the interests of the regime “.\n<\/p>\n

\n Isa Qambar shares Toghrul Juvarli\u2019s opinion:\n<\/p>\n

\n “Oil can not be blamed, it is pointless to think of oil as misfortune or otherwise. There is the example of Norway \u2013 there are states providing a guarantee for the economic development of the country, for the future of their nations by using the revenue from the oil sector. Thus it would not be right to evaluate oil as either a boon or a blessing.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Oil sector expert Ilham Shaban says that the State Oil Fund earned more than 125 billion dollars from oil revenue, and approximately only 34 billion is left.\n<\/p>\n

\n “90 billion dollars were quickly spent or disappeared in other ways\u2026 both deputies and government representatives believe that oil revenue was not effectively spent or managed. No one hides this. If oil income were to have been spent effectively, the manat would not be in this situation now, and authorities of the International Bank of Azerbaijan and high-ranking officers of the Ministry of National Security would not have been arrested for their crimes”.\n<\/p>\n

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