Azerbaijan Republic: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report
IMF Staff Country Reports, October 15, 2004
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- Published: October 15, 2004
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451802627.002
Summary overview
- This paper presents the Joint Staff Assessment on Azerbaijan Republic’s Poverty Reduction Strategy.
- Publication date: October 15, 2004.
- The report length is 14 pages and is Series: Country Report No. 2004/323, Issue: 323, Volume: 2004.
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451802627.002
- ISBN: 9781451802627
- ISSN: 1934-7685
- Stock No: 1AZEEA0032004
Key findings on poverty incidence and geography
- The incidence of poverty remains slightly higher among urban than rural households.
- Falling employment opportunities and earnings in the formal economy are associated with poverty.
- Baku has the largest absolute number of urban poor.
- Poverty incidence is highest in provincial towns.
Monitoring living standards: achievements and gaps
- Major achievement: setting up a system to monitor living standards.
- Serious shortcoming: monitoring of living standards for refugees and internally displaced persons has serious shortcomings.
Thematic subjects and keywords
- Subject: Health, Poverty, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction and development, Poverty reduction strategy
- Keywords: CR, government enterprise, government of Azerbaijan, government policy, ISCR, monopoly power, Poverty reduction, Poverty reduction and development, poverty reduction objective, Poverty reduction strategy, SPPRED secretariat, State oil fund
International Monetary Fund. "Azerbaijan Republic: Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report", October 15, 2004.