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Healthcare 23% Electoral system 15% Police (excluding traffic) 9% Education 7% Traffic police 5% Tax service 5% Army 3% Social security 3% Mass media 1% Political parties 1% Source: CRRC Corruption Survey (2008)  

Education 32% Connections 29% Hard work 12% Professional abilities 10% Luck 8% Work experience 4% Talent 1% Source: CRRC survey (2007)

It’s Friday morning and a cold shower in the Mirhav Hotel reminds me of the not so distant past when a hot shower in the morning seemed like a far-away mirage. Fortunately it is just a matter of a phone

Regions: 2008 Shirak $223 Tavush $225 Yerevan $339 Syunik $390 Countries: Armenia $303 Azerbaijan $334 Georgia $359 Russia $697 Germany $3,459 Sources: armstat.am, azstat.org, statistics.ge, destatis.de

Institutions Distrust Trust Parliament 20% 4% Police 17% 7% Executive Branch 14% 7% Legal System 14% 5% President 12% 13% Banks 11% 10% NGOs 11% 3% Media 10% 6% Education System 8% 11% Healthcare System 7% 12% United Nations 7%

2001 2003 2005 Armenia 5.8 4.4 4.2 Azerbaijan 16.7 20.2 19.1 Georgia 7.6 8.6 7.4 Czech Rep. 55.6 56.5 59.7 Italy 289.1 302.2 307.1 Germany 506.8 510.4 545.5 Iran 115.9 132.1 136.2 Total electricity, in billions of kilowatt hours, produced

Feel unsafe Recorded crimes* Armenia 5.7% 287 Azerbaijan 6.2% 253 Georgia 10.3% 1,019 *Per 100,000 inhabitants in 2008Sources: CRRC survey 2008, armstat.am, statistics.ge, azstat.org

Marriages Births Armenia 6 12 Azerbaijan 10 18 Georgia 6 11 Slovenia 3 10 Germany 5 8 Sources: armstat.am, statistics.ge, azstat.org, stat.si, destatis.de *per 1,000 inhabitants in 2007

Men Women Avg. wages in AMD 116,787 68,010 Higher education enrollment 46.5% 53.5% Net migration -2,000 -4,000 Life expectancy 70 yrs 77 yrs Employed 63% 41% PhD’s 71% 29% Athletes 86% 14% Library visitors 36% 64% Parliament 119 12 Sources:

2005 2007 2009 Armenia 5.0 6.1 7.9 Azerbaijan 8.1 10.9 13.2 Georgia 6.3 8.2 9.5 Russia 15.2 21.1 28.5 Sources: euromonitor.com, armstat.am, azstat.org, statistics.ge, gks.ru