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Tax Compliance Ranking, 2011*
Armenia 159 Azerbaijan 103 Georgia 61 Turkey 75 Russia 105 UK 16 Denmark 13 *measured across 183 economies based on the total tax rate, time taken to comply, and number of tax payments Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Survey 2011
Percentage of population who borrow money for food each month
More Facts for Thought 2009 2010 Armeina 18.4 29.1 Azerbaijan 10.2 14.3 Georgia 21.3 17.4 Source: CRRC CB 2009-2010
Percentage of women in national parliaments
2002 2010 Armenia 3 9 Azerbaijan 11 11 Georgia 7 7 Turkey 4 9 Russia 8 14 Sweden 43 45 Source: worldbank.org
100 Questions, 100 Answers: Karen Andreasyan
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One Hundred Questions, One Hundred Answers
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Armenia’s Ombudsman: Ready to go as far as he can
Watch Armenia’s Human Rights Defender (or Ombudsman) Karen Andreasyan assured the audience that had gathered for the Civilitas Foundation’s regular 100 Questions and Answers forum that he is ready to go as far it takes to address human rights violations
Tourist arrivals
2005 2010 Armenia 319,000 684,000 Azerbaijan 693,000 1,280,000 Georgia 560,000 2,033,000 More Facts for Thought Sources: armstat.am, azstat.org, gnta.ge
Number of forest fires (1) and forest-covered area fires in Armenia, hectare (2)
1 2 2008 8 15.2 2009 17 7.5 2010 49 775.1 Source: armstat.am
Life in Gyumri Completely Stalled
At a Civilitas sponsored public forum in Gyumri, discussion revolved around the global crisis and the unprecedented economic downfall of recent years which has wreaked the greatest havoc in Armenia’s regions, outside Yerevan. Director of the Gyumri-based Arevamanuk Foundation Armine