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Municipalities' state deteriorated in Azerbaijan

Society Materials 21 February 2011 18:43 (UTC +04:00)
The state of municipalities deteriorated in Azerbaijan compared to 2009.
Municipalities' state deteriorated in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 21 / Trend K. Zarbaliyeva /

The state of municipalities deteriorated in Azerbaijan compared to 2009.

During the research of the organization, it was determined that in 2010 the financial situation of municipalities in the country deteriorated by 34 percent compared to the previous year, the public association "Propaganda of municipalities' activity" told Trend.

The budget revenue of metropolitan municipalities was formed only at the expense of land tax and property tax, made by physical entities.

The municipalities are not the owners of the land fund in the capital, so they did not organize the auctions. So, funds were not received by the local budget.

According to the analysis conducted by the public association in 20 municipalities, roughly 42 percent of municipalities were unable to timely pay wages last year, 29 percent of municipalities have a debt to the State Social Protection Fund.

According to the research, the main problem of municipalities in 2010 was a ban on privatization of illegally occupied land.

In February, the public association "Propaganda of municipalities' activity" was registered in Ministry of Justice. The main purpose of the public association is to conduct research related to determining the direction of developing the municipal system of Azerbaijan for its promotion

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