Azerbaijan

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 759.75 Historical, geographic, persons treatment
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2015
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 301480
• Chủ đề: 1. CAPITAL MARKETS; 2. CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES; 3. OVERGRAZING; 4. RISKS; 5. SOCIAL COSTS

Tóm tắt

Azerbaijan's performance on the twin goals has been commendable. The middle class has doubled in size and extreme poverty has almost been eliminated in the space of a decade. At the same time, regional differences persist, with significantly higher poverty rates in lagging regions, and Baku dominating overwhelmingly in terms of share of GDP. Disparities in welfare also persist between rural and urban areas as well as across social groups. As the share of the poor fell in the bottom 40 percent of the welfare distribution, the share of the vulnerable has increased. All of this suggests taking a closer look at the challenges facing Azerbaijan as it seeks to sustain and 'even out' progress on the twin goals.