Poverty to be completely eliminated in Azerbaijan, President

20.01.2013 [14:17]
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Baku, January 20 (AZERTAC). “As a result of the work planned for 2013 and the implementation of new infrastructure projects and social programs, I am sure that poverty will further reduce. Therefore, the task of completely eliminating poverty in Azerbaijan, which we set 10 years ago, will be fulfilled,” said President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

“The program on the development of districts has also been successful. As I said, the first program was adopted in 2004 and the second in 2009. The second program is nearing completion. All the goals have been met. A total of 117,000 jobs were created last year, including 93,000 permanent ones. Since the start of the program, 1.2 million jobs have been created, which, in turn, contributed a lot to reducing unemployment. In 2012, unemployment decreased further to 5.2 per cent. Poverty, which is directly linked to unemployment, has also declined from 7.6 to 6 per cent. This, I think, is an excellent indicator even for developed countries.”

Poverty to be completely eliminated in Azerbaijan, President

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