Azerbaijan to implement social rehabilitation program from April

The Ministry Officer for Poverty and Social Assistance Policy Natig Gasimov told that the program is aimed at gradual elimination of poverty.

The mechanism to implement the program will be complete in April and the World Bank and EU Tacis-funded plan will be experimented on some regions before it is sent to the Cabinet in the year-end.

The ministry has developed a large data base about all families applied for targeted social assistance benefits which are granted to socially vulnerable people.

The program will also improve the social safety net and targeting of the social assistance benefits, added Natig Gasimov, APA reports.