ECONOMIC UNIVERSITY FOCUSED STATE POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAM
In his opening speech, acting rector Telman Huseynov noted that poverty was one of the key problems, the countries face with. Main factor of poverty in CIS space is consequences arisen from transit to market economy.
Expenditure of incomes received from realization of the new oil strategy for improvement of social situation of the citizens, first of all, refugees and IDPs, development of non-oil sector, reinforcement of state concern for entrepreneurship are important steps in that way.
Arrangements undertaken in that field are “State program for poverty reduction and economic development” for 2003-2005s, and “ State program of social-economic development of the regions of Azerbaijan Republic” for 2004-2008s.
Coordinator of the information project of Secretariat Sakit Huseynov, experts Yadulla Hasanov, Vafa Mutallimova, Amin Cherkezov dwelt on “State program for poverty reduction and economic development”, on the work carried out in that way last year. They noted that 400 arrangements, for realization of which 3 bln dollars requires are planned to implement in the frame of the program.