POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAM FAILS TO SOLVE MANY PROBLEMS

Panorama.am
13:32 25/09/06

Three years after the poverty alleviation program is adopted and
implemented, social experts say that it fails to regulate many problems
in communities.

"Great many of people have stayed out of the process, institutions
stay behind of rapid developments and are partly unavailable for
people. Social aims have got less importance compared to financial
and economic aims. Many people still lack jobs, which will bring them
dignity. These programs must be brought down to community levels to
assure more sensitive social system," Ashot Yesayan, an expert in
the field, said.

He also said many people in the communities do not know laws to protect
their rights. Yesayan pointed out to the need of consultation services.

Mission Armenia, a public organization, unveils the results
of its study saying 80-90 percent of problems are solved within
communities. "It is our responsibility to go to communities. The key
to challenges is there," Yesayan said.