 pfa s cofounder spoke at an event on artsakh s development on october 9 2011 pfa cofounder dr vladimir shekoyan spoke at a conference on artsakh in today s world organized by the artsakh development group a losangelesbased nonprofit the event held at the glendale public library hosted three panels on history and politics economy and culture in his remarks titled  economic prosperity as cornerstone of independent artsakh  dr shekoyan specifically noted that during the last 20 years artsakh was able to create an economy that was able to meet the basic needs of its population key sectors of its economy are agriculture construction mining light industry and energy generation according to the data published by the state statistical committee during the first three quarters of 2011 artsak s total industrial output exceeded 80 million of which nearly half or 46 percent was produced by the mining sector during the second quarter of 2011 artsakh s per capita gdp crossed the 1000 mark going forward dr shekoyan noted that the key issues requiring attention of policymakers and the society as a whole are governance and anticorruption government s role in economic development as a partner in supporting businesses developing and retaining human capital creating conditions for attracting foreign diaspora investments securing inflow of physical capital and limiting its outflow instituting a simple tax regime administration and a manageable tax burden promoting direct economic and trade linkages with outside world adressing the transportation bottlenecks via improving the connection with armenia proper  