This year an International Day of Happiness will be celebrated for the first time on March 20th. In 2012, the United Nations (UN) declared this day to be an official holiday to highlight the importance of happiness as a fundamental…
Girls outperform boys in science in Azerbaijan, according to data from a recent article in the New York Times entitled, “Girls Lead in Science Exam, but Not in the United States”. This article discusses results from a worldwide test conducted…
The World Development Report 2013, which was newly released and presented in Tbilisi a couple of weeks ago states that, “The concept of equality of opportunity, which can be traced back to John Rawls and Robert Nozick, stems from the…
The level of computer and Internet usage has become a salient issue in Azerbaijan in recent years, particularly in light of efforts to diversify the country’s hydrocarbon-rich economy through the development of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. Taking…