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  • RA dilemma: to fight the crisis and concurrently carry out reforms

    Armenia faces dilemma: to fight the crisis and concurrently carry out
    reforms
    26.09.2009 17:25 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/
    Armenia is at early stages of building effective market relations and
    institutions, Tigran Jrbashyan , former co-director of the
    Armenian-European Policy and Legal Advice Center(AEPLAC), director in
    development of Ameriabank told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

    "Unfortunately, we missed the important period, 18 years passed since
    Independence Day, reforms that we carried out were partial and did not
    been fulfilled, resulting in inadequate institutions we have now," he
    said.

    The country is in a completely different economic situation, and faces
    a dilemma: to fight the crisis or carry out concurrent reforms, which
    is very difficult. According to Tigran Jrbashyan, it was necessary to
    restructure the economy and management system in conditions when the
    economy experienced a double-digit growth, "now it is much more
    difficult to do this".

    Armenia needs reforms, Tigran Jrbashyan said. Unfortunately, reforms
    are made when it is bad," he said. However, according to him, "if we
    approach the crisis as an opportunity for serious reforms, the
    different stakeholders would reach a consensus on these reforms.

    "I hope the next 15 years will be much more productive in respect to
    reforms and the development of effective market relations and
    institutions, than it was before. I am an optimist and I think that
    Armenia will manage the situation, since our nation in times of crisis
    is able to jump above the head,' Tigran Jrbashyan said.
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