World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192010-03-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2836Azerbaijan saw a substantial reduction in poverty during the 2000s, owing to significant economic growth and policies and programs that improved the distribution of wealth. Seizing the opportunity afforded by the oil boom, Azerbaijan initiated large public sector investment programs and supportive policies to increase wages and social protection transfers to the population, and institutional reforms aimed at modernizing the economy. These efforts translated into double-digit growth and an impressive reduction in poverty. The report underscores that the government's targeted social assistance program has been successful in channeling public transfers to the most needy. On the other hand, high dependence on oil revenues, compounded by the current global economic crisis, presents challenges to maintaining growth and could jeopardize the gains made in poverty reduction. Moreover, while Azerbaijan has made significant progress in building capacity to redistribute the benefits of growth, significant challenges remain in developing the human capital of the population to participate actively in future growth and to close the productivity gap with its comparators in the post crisis world.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO FOODACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTUREAFFORDABILITY CONSTRAINTSAGGREGATE POVERTYAGRICULTURAL SECTORANNUAL GROWTHANNUAL GROWTH RATEBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC INFRASTRUCTURECAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL ACCUMULATIONCAPITAL INFLOWSCAPITAL INVESTMENTCHANGES IN POVERTYCLEAN WATERCOMMERCIAL BANKSCOMPENSATORY MEASURESCOMPULSORY EDUCATIONCONSUMPTION AGGREGATECONSUMPTION BASKETCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCONSUMPTION GROWTHCONSUMPTION PER CAPITACONSUMPTION POVERTYCONSUMPTION SMOOTHINGCORRELATES OF POVERTYCOUNTRY LEVELCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTIONCURRENT POVERTYDATA AVAILABILITYDECLINE IN POVERTYDETERMINANT OF POVERTYDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDIMENSIONS OF POVERTYECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATIONECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC REGIONECONOMIC REGIONSEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPLOYMENT STATUSENROLMENT RATESEXPORT MARKETSEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME POVERTY LINEFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL SECTORFOOD GOODSFOOD ITEMSFOOD NEEDSFOOD PROCESSINGFOOD STAMPSGINI INDEXGLOBAL ECONOMYGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH PROSPECTSGROWTH RATESHEADCOUNT POVERTYHEADCOUNT RATIOHEALTH BUDGETHEALTH CAREHEALTH EXPENDITUREHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH OUTCOMESHIGH GROWTHHIGH POVERTYHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD DATAHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD HEAD AGEHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATAHOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDSHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIMPACT ON POVERTYINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME GROUPSINCOME SUPPORTINCREASE POVERTYINEQUALITYINEQUALITY CONSTANTINEQUALITY OUTCOMESINSURANCELABOR MARKETLONG-TERM GROWTHLOW INEQUALITYMACROECONOMIC ISSUESMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMEASURING POVERTYNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNATIONAL POVERTYNEGATIVE IMPACTNON-INCOME DIMENSIONSOUTPUT GROWTHPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA EXPENDITUREPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY CHANGESPOLICY ISSUESPOLICY MAKERSPOOR HEALTHPOOR HOUSEHOLDPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR POPULATIONPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPOPULATION GROUPPOPULATION SHAREPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY CHANGEPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY INCREASEPOVERTY INCREASESPOVERTY INDEXESPOVERTY INDICATORSPOVERTY INDICESPOVERTY LEVELPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY LINKAGESPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY OUTCOMESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION POLICIESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERSPOVERTY SEVERITYPOWERLESSNESSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRO-POORPRO-POOR GROWTHPROGRAMMATIC POVERTY ASSESSMENTPUBLIC INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SPENDINGQUALITY OF LIFERAPID GROWTHREDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIESREDUCTION IN POVERTYREFORM EFFORTSREGIONAL DIFFERENCESREGIONAL DIMENSIONSREGIONAL DISPARITYREGIONAL GROWTHRELATIVE POSITIONRURALRURAL AREASRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL PHENOMENONRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYRURAL QUINTILESAFETY NETSAFETY NET SYSTEMSAFETY NETSSANITATIONSCHOOLINGSIGNIFICANT IMPACTSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDINGSOCIAL SPENDINGSQUARED POVERTY GAPSTRUCTURAL REFORMSSUBSISTENCETARGETINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETRANSFER PROGRAMSUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASVULNERABLE GROUPSVULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDSWARWEALTH GROUPSWELFARE DISTRIBUTIONWELFARE IMPROVEMENTSWELFARE MEASUREWorld Bank10.1596/2836