Azerbaijan Republic : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Summary and Conclusions

Poverty remains a major challenge in Azerbaijan, where income poverty is spread throughout the country. This Poverty Assessment reviews available household data, which suggest particular demographic characteristics of the poor - no significant differences in the poverty rate by gender of the household head were recorded. However, the report conveys the internally displaced people, are a core group of particularly vulnerable people, heavily dependent on state transfers, and donor assistance. Moreover, there are serious concerns about the non-income indicators of poverty, including the quality of health care, and education, as well as access to basic services. The report however highlights that the macroeconomic outlook for Azerbaijan is positive, and, it should be possible to achieve significant impact on poverty over the next ten years, provided appropriate policies are followed. The oil and gas windfall should be a major benefit, contributing to lasting poverty reduction, and raising incomes. The strategy for poverty reduction stipulates the need for increased employment rates, and productivity in the non-oil economy, accompanied by measures to strengthen, and improve the provision of basic services, and infrastructure. Likewise, a well-targeted social assistance provision for vulnerable groups should be considered, if a sustaining economic growth is to be attained, to be accompanied by targeted programs, focused on education and health programs. In addition, positive economic growth should be based on a vibrant private sector, resulting from a more liberal business environment, improved financial intermediation and credit availability to the enterprise sector, supported by a clear legal framework, and implementation of the privatization program, to enhance investments in human and physical capital. Regarding the rural sector, while the strategy should aim at improving the incomes of the rural population, it should however emphasize the development of non-agricultural activities, i.e., food processing, and services in rural areas.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2003-06-04
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, ANNUAL GROWTH, ANNUAL RATE, CDF, CITIZENS, CIVIL SOCIETY, CONSUMPTION GROWTH, CPI, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DONOR COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, ECONOMIC COOPERATION, ECONOMIC DECLINE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC GROWTH PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC POLICIES, EMPLOYMENT, EXCHANGE RATE, EXPENDITURES, EXTREME POVERTY, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FORMAL ECONOMY, GROWTH PROSPECTS, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH PROGRAMS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HOUSEHOLD DATA, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY RESULTS, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SECTOR UNIT, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME LEVELS, INCOME POVERTY, INEQUALITY, INFANT MORTALITY, INFLATION, INSURANCE, INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MARKET, LAND REFORM, LIVING CONDITIONS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOW INCOME, MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK, MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, MARKET ECONOMY, MICRO CREDIT, OIL, OIL SECTOR, OPEC, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLICY CHANGE, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY CHANGES, POVERTY HEADCOUNT, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY RISK, POVERTY TRENDS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIVATE CONSUMPTION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW, PUBLIC SERVICES, PURCHASING POWER, PURCHASING POWER PARITY, REDUCING POVERTY, REFORM PROGRAM, RURAL AREAS, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL INSURANCE, SOCIAL PROTECTION, STATISTICAL DATA, STRUCTURAL CHANGE, TEAM MEMBERS, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, WAGES, YOUTH POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, DISPLACED PERSONS, POVERTY INCIDENCE, VULNERABLE GROUPS, DONOR FINANCE, NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, HEALTH CARE QUALITY, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, POLICY FORMATION, MACROECONOMIC CONTEXT, OIL & GAS RESERVES, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, EMPLOYMENT CREATION POLICIES, BASIC SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, TARGETED ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, LIBERALIZATION, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION, CREDIT EXPANSION, ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, PRIVATIZATION, HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL POVERTY, FOOD PROCESSING, RURAL SERVICES DELIVERY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/2401379/azerbaijan-poverty-assessment-vol-1-2-summary-conclusions https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14730
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