Azerbaijan : Living Conditions Assessment Report

Azerbaijan saw a substantial reduction in poverty during the 2000s, owing to significant economic growth and policies and programs that improved the distribution of wealth. Seizing the opportunity afforded by the oil boom, Azerbaijan initiated larg...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Poverty Study
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO FOOD ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE AFFORDABILITY CONSTRAINTS AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CHANGES IN POVERTY CLEAN WATER COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPENSATORY MEASURES COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CORRELATES OF POVERTY COUNTRY LEVEL CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION CURRENT POVERTY DATA AVAILABILITY DECLINE IN POVERTY DETERMINANT OF POVERTY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REGION ECONOMIC REGIONS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENROLMENT RATES EXPORT MARKETS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FOOD GOODS FOOD ITEMS FOOD NEEDS FOOD PROCESSING FOOD STAMPS GINI INDEX GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH BUDGET HEALTH CARE HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH OUTCOMES HIGH GROWTH HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME SUPPORT INCREASE POVERTY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY CONSTANT INEQUALITY OUTCOMES INSURANCE LABOR MARKET LONG-TERM GROWTH LOW INEQUALITY MACROECONOMIC ISSUES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MEASURING POVERTY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POVERTY NEGATIVE IMPACT NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS OUTPUT GROWTH PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY CHANGES POLICY ISSUES POLICY MAKERS POOR HEALTH POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POPULATION POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROUP POPULATION SHARE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY CHANGE POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCREASE POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY INDEXES POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY LINKAGES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION POLICIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS POVERTY SEVERITY POWERLESSNESS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PROGRAMMATIC POVERTY ASSESSMENT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF LIFE RAPID GROWTH REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES REDUCTION IN POVERTY REFORM EFFORTS REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DIMENSIONS REGIONAL DISPARITY REGIONAL GROWTH RELATIVE POSITION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL QUINTILE SAFETY NET SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NETS SANITATION SCHOOLING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDING SOCIAL SPENDING SQUARED POVERTY GAP STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBSISTENCE TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WAR WEALTH GROUPS WELFARE DISTRIBUTION WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS WELFARE MEASURE
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topic	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO FOOD ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE AFFORDABILITY CONSTRAINTS AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CHANGES IN POVERTY CLEAN WATER COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPENSATORY MEASURES COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CORRELATES OF POVERTY COUNTRY LEVEL CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION CURRENT POVERTY DATA AVAILABILITY DECLINE IN POVERTY DETERMINANT OF POVERTY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REGION ECONOMIC REGIONS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENROLMENT RATES EXPORT MARKETS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FOOD GOODS FOOD ITEMS FOOD NEEDS FOOD PROCESSING FOOD STAMPS GINI INDEX GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH BUDGET HEALTH CARE HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH OUTCOMES HIGH GROWTH HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME SUPPORT INCREASE POVERTY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY CONSTANT INEQUALITY OUTCOMES INSURANCE LABOR MARKET LONG-TERM GROWTH LOW INEQUALITY MACROECONOMIC ISSUES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MEASURING POVERTY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POVERTY NEGATIVE IMPACT NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS OUTPUT GROWTH PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY CHANGES POLICY ISSUES POLICY MAKERS POOR HEALTH POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POPULATION POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROUP POPULATION SHARE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY CHANGE POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCREASE POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY INDEXES POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY LINKAGES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION POLICIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS POVERTY SEVERITY POWERLESSNESS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PROGRAMMATIC POVERTY ASSESSMENT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF LIFE RAPID GROWTH REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES REDUCTION IN POVERTY REFORM EFFORTS REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DIMENSIONS REGIONAL DISPARITY REGIONAL GROWTH RELATIVE POSITION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL QUINTILE SAFETY NET SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NETS SANITATION SCHOOLING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDING SOCIAL SPENDING SQUARED POVERTY GAP STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBSISTENCE TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WAR WEALTH GROUPS WELFARE DISTRIBUTION WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS WELFARE MEASURE
spellingShingle	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO FOOD ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE AFFORDABILITY CONSTRAINTS AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CHANGES IN POVERTY CLEAN WATER COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPENSATORY MEASURES COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CORRELATES OF POVERTY COUNTRY LEVEL CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION CURRENT POVERTY DATA AVAILABILITY DECLINE IN POVERTY DETERMINANT OF POVERTY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REGION ECONOMIC REGIONS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENROLMENT RATES EXPORT MARKETS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FOOD GOODS FOOD ITEMS FOOD NEEDS FOOD PROCESSING FOOD STAMPS GINI INDEX GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH BUDGET HEALTH CARE HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH OUTCOMES HIGH GROWTH HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME SUPPORT INCREASE POVERTY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY CONSTANT INEQUALITY OUTCOMES INSURANCE LABOR MARKET LONG-TERM GROWTH LOW INEQUALITY MACROECONOMIC ISSUES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MEASURING POVERTY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POVERTY NEGATIVE IMPACT NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS OUTPUT GROWTH PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY CHANGES POLICY ISSUES POLICY MAKERS POOR HEALTH POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POPULATION POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROUP POPULATION SHARE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY CHANGE POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCREASE POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY INDEXES POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY LINKAGES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION POLICIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS POVERTY SEVERITY POWERLESSNESS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PROGRAMMATIC POVERTY ASSESSMENT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF LIFE RAPID GROWTH REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES REDUCTION IN POVERTY REFORM EFFORTS REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DIMENSIONS REGIONAL DISPARITY REGIONAL GROWTH RELATIVE POSITION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL QUINTILE SAFETY NET SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NETS SANITATION SCHOOLING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDING SOCIAL SPENDING SQUARED POVERTY GAP STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBSISTENCE TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WAR WEALTH GROUPS WELFARE DISTRIBUTION WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS WELFARE MEASURE World Bank Azerbaijan : Living Conditions Assessment Report
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description	Azerbaijan saw a substantial reduction in poverty during the 2000s, owing to significant economic growth and policies and programs that improved the distribution of wealth. Seizing the opportunity afforded by the oil boom, Azerbaijan initiated large public sector investment programs and supportive policies to increase wages and social protection transfers to the population, and institutional reforms aimed at modernizing the economy. These efforts translated into double-digit growth and an impressive reduction in poverty. The report underscores that the government's targeted social assistance program has been successful in channeling public transfers to the most needy. On the other hand, high dependence on oil revenues, compounded by the current global economic crisis, presents challenges to maintaining growth and could jeopardize the gains made in poverty reduction. Moreover, while Azerbaijan has made significant progress in building capacity to redistribute the benefits of growth, significant challenges remain in developing the human capital of the population to participate actively in future growth and to close the productivity gap with its comparators in the post crisis world.
format	Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study
author	World Bank
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author_sort	World Bank
title	Azerbaijan : Living Conditions Assessment Report
title_short	Azerbaijan : Living Conditions Assessment Report
title_full	Azerbaijan : Living Conditions Assessment Report
title_fullStr	Azerbaijan : Living Conditions Assessment Report
title_full_unstemmed	Azerbaijan : Living Conditions Assessment Report
title_sort	azerbaijan : living conditions assessment report
publisher	World Bank
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100325235529 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2836
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spelling	okr-10986-28362021-04-23T14:02:04Z Azerbaijan : Living Conditions Assessment Report World Bank ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO FOOD ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE AFFORDABILITY CONSTRAINTS AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INFLOWS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CHANGES IN POVERTY CLEAN WATER COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPENSATORY MEASURES COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING CORRELATES OF POVERTY COUNTRY LEVEL CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION CURRENT POVERTY DATA AVAILABILITY DECLINE IN POVERTY DETERMINANT OF POVERTY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REGION ECONOMIC REGIONS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENROLMENT RATES EXPORT MARKETS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FOOD GOODS FOOD ITEMS FOOD NEEDS FOOD PROCESSING FOOD STAMPS GINI INDEX GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH BUDGET HEALTH CARE HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH OUTCOMES HIGH GROWTH HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME SUPPORT INCREASE POVERTY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY CONSTANT INEQUALITY OUTCOMES INSURANCE LABOR MARKET LONG-TERM GROWTH LOW INEQUALITY MACROECONOMIC ISSUES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MEASURING POVERTY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POVERTY NEGATIVE IMPACT NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS OUTPUT GROWTH PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY CHANGES POLICY ISSUES POLICY MAKERS POOR HEALTH POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POPULATION POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROUP POPULATION SHARE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY CHANGE POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCREASE POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY INDEXES POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY LINKAGES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION POLICIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS POVERTY SEVERITY POWERLESSNESS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PROGRAMMATIC POVERTY ASSESSMENT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF LIFE RAPID GROWTH REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES REDUCTION IN POVERTY REFORM EFFORTS REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL DIMENSIONS REGIONAL DISPARITY REGIONAL GROWTH RELATIVE POSITION RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL QUINTILE SAFETY NET SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NETS SANITATION SCHOOLING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDING SOCIAL SPENDING SQUARED POVERTY GAP STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBSISTENCE TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WAR WEALTH GROUPS WELFARE DISTRIBUTION WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS WELFARE MEASURE Azerbaijan saw a substantial reduction in poverty during the 2000s, owing to significant economic growth and policies and programs that improved the distribution of wealth. Seizing the opportunity afforded by the oil boom, Azerbaijan initiated large public sector investment programs and supportive policies to increase wages and social protection transfers to the population, and institutional reforms aimed at modernizing the economy. These efforts translated into double-digit growth and an impressive reduction in poverty. The report underscores that the government's targeted social assistance program has been successful in channeling public transfers to the most needy. On the other hand, high dependence on oil revenues, compounded by the current global economic crisis, presents challenges to maintaining growth and could jeopardize the gains made in poverty reduction. Moreover, while Azerbaijan has made significant progress in building capacity to redistribute the benefits of growth, significant challenges remain in developing the human capital of the population to participate actively in future growth and to close the productivity gap with its comparators in the post crisis world. 2012-03-19T10:22:13Z 2012-03-19T10:22:13Z 2010-03-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100325235529 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2836 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study Europe and Central Asia Eastern Europe Commonwealth of Independent States Asia Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan : Living Conditions Assessment Report

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