Yerevan: poverty has decreased faster than expected
By M. Alkhazashvili
(Translated by Diana Dundua)
(Translated by Diana Dundua)
Wednesday, January 16
The Armenian government expects less than six percent of the country’s population to fall below the poverty line in 2021, the news agency Regnum reports. Half the population was thought to live in poverty in 2001, the same year a government launched a program to tackle the issue.
On January 14, government officials announced that poverty has decreased much more quickly than expected in Armenia, now affecting only 27 percent of the population, according to online news source ArmeniaLiberty.
However, NGOs in Armenia question the government’s methodology for gauging poverty in the country, ArmeniaLiberty reports.
On January 14, government officials announced that poverty has decreased much more quickly than expected in Armenia, now affecting only 27 percent of the population, according to online news source ArmeniaLiberty.
However, NGOs in Armenia question the government’s methodology for gauging poverty in the country, ArmeniaLiberty reports.