ARMENIAN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ELITES SHOULD START IMPLEMENTING SECOND GENERATION REFORMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Noyan Tapan
Jul 23, 2007

YEREVAN, JULY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian society and, in particular,
its political and economic elites, should start implementing second
generation reforms in the country as soon as possible, for which
favorable conditions have been created thanks to the country’s
permanent economic growth and inflows of transfers. Tigran Jrbashian,
the Armenian Director of the Armenian-European Policy and Legal Advice
Center (AEPLAC), expressed such an opinion in his interview to Noyan
Tapan correspondent. In his words, the possibility to implement these
reforms emerged still two-three years ago when the above mentioned
tendencies started to be manifested.

T. Jrbashian said that the events gradually implemented, aimed at
formation of a country of European model in Armenia contain elements
of second generation reforms.

According to the AEPLAC’s Director, rules and institutions ensuring
efficient economic management in Armenia should be created by second
generation reforms. This will enable Armenia to become a country
creating a bigger surplus value.

Currently, in world economic processes, Armenia has the role of
a country releasing mainly primary processing products, copper,
molybdenum, some iron fusions, aluminium foil.