WB working with Azerbaijan on transformation and national development strategy

The World Bank is working with the government of Azerbaijan on the transformation and strategy development, said Nicole Klingen, practice manager for digital development in Europe and Central Asia in the Infrastructure Practice Group of the World Bank, said in an interview with Report.

"The government in Azerbaijan has a national development strategy, in which the digitalization holds a big part. We have been working with the government on the transformation and strategy development. We’re now starting the discussions on the skills development. We have also worked on very specific items around laws and regulations on completion law and on connectivity," she said.

"Right now, we are discussing with the government in which areas they would like us to be most involved and in which areas we could be most useful. The government is developing a plan and discussions are underway on how best we can contribute. Azerbaijan is doing a great job of bringing broadband across the country, not just in cities, so the question is how can we support that," she said.

The full text of the interview is available here.