KARABAKH IMPLEMENTS PROGRAMME TO BOOST BIRTH RATES

ArmInfo, Armenia
Sept 12 2007

Stepanakert, 12 September: A government-sponsored programme aimed at
stimulating birth rates is under implementation in Nagornyy Karabakh
republic [NKR].

Under an NKR government decision, earmarked accounts are opened in
district (town) branches of Artsakhbank. Following amounts will be
deposited on those accounts: 700 dollars for the third child born
to a family; 1,000 dollars for the fourth child; 1,500 for the sixth
and seventh; 2,000 for the eighth and ninth; 3,000 for the tenth and
every next child.

Emilia Poghosyan has more children than anyone else in Nagornyy
Karabakh. She gave birth to her 15th baby last year. The government
granted her 5,000 dollars.

The deposit accounts will be in use until the child turns 18.

The government allocates money to build accommodation for
large families. For example, a house is being constructed for the
Saghatelyans family – to whom the sixth baby was born – in the village
of Vaghuhas in Martakert region. The village sustained severely damages
during the Azerbaijani-Karabakh war. Family members too are engaged
in the construction that began on 1 August. The family is planning
to move to their new house by the end of this year. This the third
government-sponsored house in the village.