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OWN "GREEN" IN KARABAKH
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country23201.html
Published: 15:50:00 - 02/09/2011
We will do everything to not only strengthen peace and security in
Artsakh but to ensure its social-economic development, stated Serzh
Sargsyan, congratulating the Armenian nation of the 20th anniversary
of NKR independence.
The fact that no change in the NKR issue settlement is expected in
the near future is stated not only by political scientists but also
politicians. This means that the politicians will leave Karabakh
in peace for some time. On the other hand, diplomatic passivity
implies an intensification of other areas of work. This may be the
work on the proposal on the presentation of Artsakh in the global
information space, but without transformations in the republic,
all the presentations will be dull and may even be counter-advertising.
The social-economic development of Artsakh is becoming a priority of
the Armenian diplomacy. Now, the form and content of the economy are
opposite: externally, Stepanakert is quite a successful and pretty
city with many constructions, landscaped center, and some good hotels.
But it is enough to cast a glance on Karabakh bowels of the
economy, and it becomes clear that too little is done to ensure
self-sufficiency. Most of the funds is directed to keeping of the
swollen governmental staff and military salaries. Consumption in
Karabakh is mainly provided by state and military salaries. Business
and farming have incomparably smaller place.
In Karabakh there are also "majors" too, but most of them earns and
spends money abroad.
The small proportion of medium-sized businesses is determined by many
by the fact that the country is unrecognized and by the lack of a
large market. But these arguments come to naught, when you see that
even traditional green, cheeses and dairy products are imported in
Artsakh. There is a large market for these products, the recognition
is not necessary, and it is easy to figure out why people do not want
to manufacture products that are clearly in demand.
The point is in the state policy which does not stimulate the
development of business encouraging import, which is monopolized.
The economy which is declared liberal, in fact is completely controlled
by the government, thus, there is no planning that was characteristic
of the Soviet state economy. It turns out that decisions are made
not openly by the market and state, but privately, in offices to
avoid public scrutiny. And there is no control - the Parliament is
an appendage of the government, there is no independent press, so it
turns out that in Karabakh once they massively grow corn, and then
switch to bio fuels, the water pipes are laid, which cannot withstand
even the first test. And no one is upset, but all clap.
Let alone the territories which we are used to call liberated. As
Alex Kananyan, inhabitant of Karvachar says, no house has been built
on those territories since 2007. True, a school has recently been
exploited there. But houses are not built.
If Serzh Sargsyan's words about the social-economic development are
based on a political decision, then two major directions should be
reformed in Artsakh: to create a tax free zone for the free development
of business and to include the released areas in the state cadastre. If
Serzh Sargsyan meant this, Karabakh people will only be happy.
From: Baghdasarian
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country23201.html
Published: 15:50:00 - 02/09/2011
We will do everything to not only strengthen peace and security in
Artsakh but to ensure its social-economic development, stated Serzh
Sargsyan, congratulating the Armenian nation of the 20th anniversary
of NKR independence.
The fact that no change in the NKR issue settlement is expected in
the near future is stated not only by political scientists but also
politicians. This means that the politicians will leave Karabakh
in peace for some time. On the other hand, diplomatic passivity
implies an intensification of other areas of work. This may be the
work on the proposal on the presentation of Artsakh in the global
information space, but without transformations in the republic,
all the presentations will be dull and may even be counter-advertising.
The social-economic development of Artsakh is becoming a priority of
the Armenian diplomacy. Now, the form and content of the economy are
opposite: externally, Stepanakert is quite a successful and pretty
city with many constructions, landscaped center, and some good hotels.
But it is enough to cast a glance on Karabakh bowels of the
economy, and it becomes clear that too little is done to ensure
self-sufficiency. Most of the funds is directed to keeping of the
swollen governmental staff and military salaries. Consumption in
Karabakh is mainly provided by state and military salaries. Business
and farming have incomparably smaller place.
In Karabakh there are also "majors" too, but most of them earns and
spends money abroad.
The small proportion of medium-sized businesses is determined by many
by the fact that the country is unrecognized and by the lack of a
large market. But these arguments come to naught, when you see that
even traditional green, cheeses and dairy products are imported in
Artsakh. There is a large market for these products, the recognition
is not necessary, and it is easy to figure out why people do not want
to manufacture products that are clearly in demand.
The point is in the state policy which does not stimulate the
development of business encouraging import, which is monopolized.
The economy which is declared liberal, in fact is completely controlled
by the government, thus, there is no planning that was characteristic
of the Soviet state economy. It turns out that decisions are made
not openly by the market and state, but privately, in offices to
avoid public scrutiny. And there is no control - the Parliament is
an appendage of the government, there is no independent press, so it
turns out that in Karabakh once they massively grow corn, and then
switch to bio fuels, the water pipes are laid, which cannot withstand
even the first test. And no one is upset, but all clap.
Let alone the territories which we are used to call liberated. As
Alex Kananyan, inhabitant of Karvachar says, no house has been built
on those territories since 2007. True, a school has recently been
exploited there. But houses are not built.
If Serzh Sargsyan's words about the social-economic development are
based on a political decision, then two major directions should be
reformed in Artsakh: to create a tax free zone for the free development
of business and to include the released areas in the state cadastre. If
Serzh Sargsyan meant this, Karabakh people will only be happy.
From: Baghdasarian