HUMAN DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT IN THE AI ERA AS A TOOL FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN
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In this article we analyse human development management as an instrument for sustainable development policy of the Republic of Azerbaijan under the conditions of rapid digital AI development. We focus on three connected domains of education, digital infrastructure and cybersecurity, and post- conflict regional development and assess how public policy in each is responding to structural pressures of technological change (UNDP, 2025; OECD, 2023). Based on data from the Human Development Report 2025, ITU Global Cybersecurity Index 2024 and Global Peace Index 2025, the study places Azerbaijan in a comparative framework that includes post-Soviet states Russia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia and Uzbekistan and regional partners Türkiye and Iran (World Bank, 2024; ITU, 2024; IEP, 2025). This framework is the basis for Azerbaijan’s genuine progress and structural constraints that continue to limit its development trajectory. The analysis is based on Academician Urkhan Alakbarov’s (2019) concept of inclusive development management and on the prior work of the author on connecting human capital investment to sustainability outcomes (Mehdiyev, 2022) and the article asserts that Azerbaijan’s further progress in the AI era depends on three interrelated conditions: stronger institutional coordination across policy sectors; the development of national AI governance mechanisms; and sustained long-term investment in human capital.
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human development, sustainable development, Republic of Azerbaijan, artificial intelligence (AI), digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, institutional coordination, post-conflict development.
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