The creeping poor of the oil country

– In Azerbaijan, the ratio of non-insurance-based pensions (old-age benefits for those who are unable to receive a pension) to the amount considered the absolute poverty line is 46.6 percent. In neighboring Georgia, the figure is 109 percent, and in Armenia – 39 percent. – Only 16.9 percent of children in Azerbaijan are covered by at least one social protection (excluding health) measure. That indicator…

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