01664cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF003261 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451802627 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Azerbaijan Republic : Joint Staff Assessment of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004. 1 online resource (14 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper presents the Joint Staff Assessment on Azerbaijan Republic's Poverty Reduction Strategy. The incidence of poverty remains slightly higher among urban than rural households, and is associated with falling employment opportunities and earnings in the formal economy. Although Baku has the largest absolute number of urban poor, poverty incidence is highest in provincial towns. Setting up a system to monitor living standards has been a major achievement, but the monitoring of those standards for refugees and internally displaced persons has serious shortcomings. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2004/323 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2004/323/002.2004.issue-323-en.xml IMF e-Library