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06BAKU218 2006-02-14 13:39 2011-08-30 01:44 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Baku
VZCZCXRO6540
RR RUEHDBU RUEHLN RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHKB #0218/01 0451339
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 141339Z FEB 06
FM AMEMBASSY BAKU
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9601
INFO RUCNCIS/CIS COLLECTIVE
RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 1471
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 BAKU 000218 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON EFIN ENRG EAID PREL PGOV ADB IBRD AJ
SUBJECT: AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING CAS 
DRAFT WITH WORLD BANK MISSION 
 
REF: STATE 5622 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION - 
HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY:  According to the World Bank mission, the 
Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Azerbaijan will focus 
upon the goals and projects outlined in the April 2005 
Poverty Reduction Support Credit agreement between the GOAJ 
and the World Bank.  According to the Bank mission, the total 
lending envelope for all investment projects in Azerbaijan 
will total approximately USD 1 billion, of which a yet 
undetermined amount of funding would come from the 
International Development Association for health, education, 
and social projects.  The draft CAS envisions 100 percent of 
the lending to Azerbaijan be for "investment projects."  The 
mission broadly outlined its goals which includes focusing on 
improving government accountability, reforms in the utility 
and transportation sectors, and agricultural and rural 
development.  END SUMMARY. 
 
2. (SBU) On February 3 Ambassador Harnish met with World Bank 
lead economist for the South Caucasus, Christian Petersen, 
and other members of the visiting Work Bank mission to 
discuss the draft Azerbaijan Country Assistance Strategy 
(CAS) for 2005-2009.  The World Bank mission emphasized its 
desire to cooperate on the planning of the CAS with the U.S. 
mission, and especially USAID, to ensure that Bank and USAID 
projects complement one another.  USAID Country Coordinator 
told the team that USAID plans to liaise closely with the 
Bank team during its visit and would provide additional 
details on proposed USAID projects and the focus areas of 
U.S. assistance.  The team noted that the Azerbaijan CAS will 
be presented to the World Bank Board in May 2006. 
 
General Outline of Draft CAS 
---------------------------- 
 
3. (SBU) Petersen told Ambassador Harnish that the CAS draft 
will focus on supporting the current reforms outlined in the 
April 2005 Poverty Reduction Support Credit agreement between 
the World Bank and Azerbaijan.  Overall, U.S. assistance to 
Azerbaijan complements most of the policy areas within the 
Policy Framework Matrix of the Poverty Reduction Support 
Credit plan.  Petersen told the Ambassador that the CAS,s 
total lending envelope for all investment projects would 
total approximately USD 1 billion.  Of the USD 1 billion, a 
yet undetermined amount of funding would come from the 
International Development Association for health, education, 
and social projects.  Ambassador Harnish emphasized the need 
to maintain IDA funding, particularly for health projects in 
Azerbaijan, past 2007 when it would end.  According to 
Petersen, the draft CAS envisions 100 percent of the lending 
to Azerbaijan will be for "investment projects." 
 
Corporate Governance and Accounting 
----------------------------------- 
 
4. (SBU) Petersen outlined to Ambassador Harnish the Bank,s 
interest in working with the Ministry of Finance to improve 
Azerbaijan,s corporate governance and accounting.  This 
project would work to implement international financial 
reporting standards for larger commercial entities, 
particularly the large state-owned entities.  It also will 
focus on implementing public sector accounting standards and 
will create endowments or faculties at local universities to 
train new accountants.  The project would also support 
internal controls within the GOAJ and strengthen the Chamber 
of Accounts (the government auditor). 
 
5. (SBU) The U.S. is working in partnership with the World 
Bank to develop and install a Treasury Information System at 
the Ministry of Finance.  The U.S. is funding the development 
of the TIMS software and the World Bank is handling the 
procurement of the hardware.  The U.S. and the World Bank 
also maintain close coordination to improve public sector 
accounting, macroeconomic modeling capacity and economic 
policy coordination of the GOAJ.  In other areas the U.S. is 
working in parallel with the World Bank such as in the area 
of protection against unfair competition.  The World Bank 
assisted in the development of a new anti-monopoly law and 
the U.S. is providing training.  Similarly, the U.S. is 
providing support to the National Bank of Azerbaijan to 
improve its supervision and monetary functions and develop 
 
BAKU 00000218  002 OF 003 
 
 
its legal and regulatory framework as outlined in World Bank 
and IMF recommendations. 
 
6. (SBU) The World Bank team briefed on its judicial reform 
project, which was shaped with active engagement by Embassy 
officers, scheduled for June 2006.  The World Bank had 
originally planned to focus on other areas of judicial reform 
but revised its approach after discussing GOAJ needs with 
Embassy officers.  The Project envisions creating greater 
citizen access to the judicial branch through the development 
of a legal resource center and attorney client consultation 
rooms.  The project also develops greater institutional 
transparency with the creation of a case assignment and 
management system and a system to begin recording and 
transcribing judicial proceedings.  The project would also 
build capacity at the Ministry of Justice by modernizing 
judicial buildings and assisting with training of new and 
existing judges. 
 
State Program on Communications and Information Technology 
--------------------------------------------- ------------- 
 
7. (SBU) The Bank,s approach in the communication and IT 
field includes a project to promote e-government, expand 
Internet access throughout Azerbaijan,s schools and 
universities.  In addition, the project would increase 
Internet and information technology knowledge among youth. 
 
Tariff Council - Moving Along 
----------------------------- 
 
8. (SBU) Regarding the Azerbaijani Tariff Council, Petersen 
noted that the GOAJ,s efforts to strengthen its mandate as 
positive, despite disappointment that the GOAJ had decided 
not to move forward with its commitment to implement an 
independent regulator.  Citing as an example of the 
council,s increased independence, Petersen noted that it had 
decided to double the price of diesel from 900 manats a liter 
(19 cents) to 1,800 manats (39 cents) in early January 2006. 
Petersen noted that the council is creating a 20-person 
secretariat to assist with the council's work.  The Ministry 
 
SIPDIS 
of Economic Development has told the World Bank that it plans 
to develop the Tariff Council secretariat eventually into a 
permanent regulatory body. The World Bank team lamented the 
lack of additional funding to PA Consulting,s contract to 
build an energy regulator, citing PA,s work as extremely 
useful. 
 
Transportation Sector 
--------------------- 
 
9. (SBU) The World Bank envisions focusing upon improving 
Azerbaijan,s transportation infrastructure, including 
projects to construct roads and upgrade the railroad system. 
 
Agriculture and Rural Development Sector 
---------------------------------------- 
 
10. (SBU) Petersen told Ambassador Harnish that the Bank 
plans to continue with the Agriculture Credit Development 
Program, improve Azerbaijan,s veterinary services, bolster 
its capacity to respond to crises, such as avian influenza, 
continue to fund farm and cooperative financing and fund 
rural development irrigation projects.  Petersen said that 
the GOAJ had decided to support the development of a unified 
land registry after the GOAJ,s decision to combine the two 
national land registries into a single registry. 
 
11. (SBU) U.S. assistance is active is the commercial 
agriculture sector with projects focusing on improving the 
business practices of processors and exporters and bringing 
farmers more into the marketing chain.  An area where the 
World Bank could support U.S. assistance projects is with 
agricultural sector policy reform, focusing upon creating a 
more market-oriented sector and financing improvements to the 
physical infrastructure (road construction, etc.). 
 
GOAJ,s Public Equity Fund 
------------------------- 
 
12. (SBU) The World Bank team discussed the use of investment 
and loan funds by the GOAJ which are distorting certain 
sectors of the economy.  In 2006, the GOAJ plans to spend USD 
80 million in equity investments to help enterprises get 
 
BAKU 00000218  003 OF 003 
 
 
established and grow.  The GOAJ is also funding an 
Entrepreneurship Fund with USD 100 million for subsidized 
lending.  The Bank questions the manner in which the GOAJ 
will select projects and set interest rates.  Bank economists 
opined that the GOAJ has recognized the investment weakness 
of the banking sector and is stepping in to provide financing 
in rural areas to improve rural industry.  The Bank team 
noted that the business climate in Azerbaijan has worsened 
since 2002 and the team did not support the GOAJ investment 
and loan funds.  The Bank also is hoping to provide some 
professional management oversight of the funds through IFC. 
 
Utility Sector 
-------------- 
 
13. (SBU) Petersen told the Ambassador that based upon 
previous difficulty working with the GOAJ on water projects, 
future water projects may not be included in the CAS. 
Petersen cited the USD 50 million water project which the 
GOAJ canceled days prior to beginning final negotiations. 
The GOAJ informed the Bank that it no longer needed the money 
and would fund the project from its budget.  Petersen 
indicated that the Bank would like to replicate the Asian 
Development Bank,s "City,s Development Strategy" program to 
provide urban planning assistance to develop specific 
Azerbaijani cities. 
 
14. (SBU) On the energy side, Petersen said that the Bank has 
discussed projects with the Ministry of Energy focusing on 
improving storage facilities, treating natural gas (NOTE: 60 
percent of Azerbaijan,s gas goes untreated into its 
pipelines), and rehabilitating pipelines (including gas 
leakage prevention).  The Bank said it would use "carbon 
lending" with the energy projects to raise the GOAJ,s 
awareness of environmental costs and externalities to ensure 
environmentally sound projects. 
 
Health and Human Development 
---------------------------- 
 
15. (SBU) Petersen said that hopefully the Bank,s health 
project will go to the Board by June 2006 (and thus ensure 
IDA financing).  In addition, the Bank looks to focus upon 
tertiary educational issues.  The U.S. is currently funding a 
Primary Health Care (PHC) Strengthening project in Azerbaijan 
which was designed to collaborate with a World Bank funded 
health project that deals with primary health care.  Although 
the GOAJ has not yet approved the World Bank loan terms, the 
new Minister of Health is actively engaged in designing the 
World Bank health project with technical assistance from the 
USAID/PHC Strengthening project. 
 
16. (SBU) USAID/PHC Strengthening project will work in the 
same pilot regions as the World Bank health project.  Loan 
funds will be used to procure medical equipment and for 
clinic renovations.  In these pilot sites, the USAID/PHC 
Strengthening project will provide technical assistance on 
resource management, implementation of PHC services, quality 
of care, and health promotion and communication.  At the 
policy level the USAID/PHC Strengthening project is providing 
technical assistance to the MOH as they work to determine the 
scope of PHC services and the structure of PHC system.  These 
goals are shared by the World Bank health team.  Furthermore, 
the USAID/PHC Strengthening project will participate with 
World Bank Health Appraisal Team expected in March 2006. 
HARNISH