Publication: Internally Displaced Persons in Azerbaijan: Livelihoods, Services and Intentions
Date
2023-04-01
ISSN
Published
2023-04-01
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Following the resurgence of conflict
along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border regions between
September and November 2020, the governments of Azerbaijan
and Armenia signed the Trilateral Cease-fire Statement that
resolved some aspects of the decades-long conflict. In
December 2022, as a follow-up to the Republic of Azerbaijan
2022-2026 Socio-economic Development Strategy, the
Government of Azerbaijan launched the State Program on the
Great Return to the Liberated Territories of the Republic of
Azerbaijan which describes a range of activities to
facilitate the reconstruction of parts of the Karabakh
region and the progressive return or resettlement of
approximately 700,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs)
originally from Azerbaijan’s border regions. Despite the
support of the Azerbaijan government and international
organizations, significant portions of the IDP population
remain in poor living conditions, hampered by a lack of
financial resources or essential services, as well as
limited access to stable employment and/or high-income
professions. For those who wish to do so, returning to the
regions that they still consider home could provide an
opportunity for IDP families to improve their standard of
living and access to long-term professional and financial success.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2023. Internally Displaced Persons in
Azerbaijan: Livelihoods, Services and Intentions. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/40011 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”