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ECONOMIST CRITICAL OF SOCIAL BENEFIT RATES IN ARMENIA
tert.am
10.01.13
Armenia's authorities neither bear nor feel any responsibility to
citizens.
On the other hand, the authorities feel responsible to the people
that help them to return to power, the economist Vahagn Khachatryan
told Tert.am as he commented on the government-approved social
benefit rates.
"Our budget allows for higher benefit rates, but our budget is not
what it really is. The International Monetary Fund recently mentioned
35-40 percent shadow economy. Our budget can at least be 40 percent
larger," Mr Khachatryan said.
"The economic policy should improve citizens' social conditions from
year to year. We are speaking of prosperity now, but no conditions
for prosperity are being created. Tigran Sargsyan's cabinet is doing
the opposite," Mr Khachatryan said.
He voiced the opinion that social benefit rates require more attention
on the threshold of elections.
From: Baghdasarian
tert.am
10.01.13
Armenia's authorities neither bear nor feel any responsibility to
citizens.
On the other hand, the authorities feel responsible to the people
that help them to return to power, the economist Vahagn Khachatryan
told Tert.am as he commented on the government-approved social
benefit rates.
"Our budget allows for higher benefit rates, but our budget is not
what it really is. The International Monetary Fund recently mentioned
35-40 percent shadow economy. Our budget can at least be 40 percent
larger," Mr Khachatryan said.
"The economic policy should improve citizens' social conditions from
year to year. We are speaking of prosperity now, but no conditions
for prosperity are being created. Tigran Sargsyan's cabinet is doing
the opposite," Mr Khachatryan said.
He voiced the opinion that social benefit rates require more attention
on the threshold of elections.
From: Baghdasarian