Reports on Environment and Urban Development for Alaverdy

GEO ALAVERDI: ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

the patients with cancer in Armenia usually live shorter lives, because of lack of effective treatment infrastructures, properly quali fi ed medical staff and necessary medicines. The level of pollution in the area is one of the factors contributing to the bad quality of life. The increase in the level of welfare in the population and the poverty reduction remain the most urgent and the highest priority issues for the Government of the Republic ofArmenia, so de fi ned by “Sustainable Development Program”, approved by RA Government decision 1207-N, dated 30 th of October 2008, and by the Medium-Term Expenditure Program.

Table 4.3: Poverty trends in the RAMarzes in the periods of 1998/99, 2005-2007, %

1998/1999

2005

2006

2007

Marz/Region

of which very poor

of which very poor

of which very poor

Poverty level

Poverty level

Poverty level

Poverty level

Yerevan

58,4 60,5 52,3 41,7 49,9 62,6 61,7 75,8 53,1 34,7 29,3 56,1

23,9 3,6 21,0 3,5 20,0 3,2 32,3 3,1 27,5 2,6 22,2 3,0 30,9 7,4 27,0 5,5 25,5 3,5 31,6 3,8 30,8 3,4 30,7 3,8 36,8 2,9 29,8 2,6 29,6 2,5 28,8 5,8 27,0 5,5 26,8 3,6 34,5 8,7 32,0 8,1 30,0 6,1 42,5 4,3 37,3 3,7 32,1 6,0 28,9 2,3 25,3 2,1 24,0 3,7 19,2 1,8 11,4 1,3 13,7 2,3 25,8 3,8 23,5 3,3 21,6 3,3

Aragatsotn

Ararat

Armavir

Gegharqunik

Lori

Kotayq Shirak Syunik

Vayots Dzor

Tavush

Average per country 29,8 4,6 26,5 4,1 25,0 3,8 Source: “Social-economic development program of the Lori marz of the Republic of Armenia for 2009- 2012”, fi nal draft, Vanadzor 2009 The total program of policy measures within the Sustainable Development Program includes the priority actions throughout the whole Republic, which are basically related to the enforcement of sustainable economic growth, equal regional development, improvements in public management, including: fi ght against corruption, and to the development of human resources. Almost all of the mentioned factors are present in the RALori Marz, because of which the poverty issues in the Marz are tenser. The results of the investigation “Vulnerable population in the Marzes”,

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