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publié le lundi 30 novembre 2009

SOME 21.2 BILLION DRAMS EARMARKED FOR TREATMENT OF PATIENTS IN HOSPITALS AND CLINICS IN 2010
/NOV 11/ARKA/

5% POVERTY RATE INCREASE EXPECTED IN ARMENIA : IMF
/NoV 11/news.am/

2/3 OF ARMENIA’S GDP DECLINE CONDITIONED BY CONSTRUCTION REDUCTION
/NOV 12/PanARMENIAN.Net/

PENSIONARY REFORMS KEY ELEMENT FOR ARMENIA’S FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
/NOV 12/PanARMENIAN.Net/

23 OF 1.000 UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN DIE IN ARMENIA : UNICEF
/NOV 12/news.am/
26 PACKAGES OF PROPOSALS ON 2010 DRAFT STATE BUDGET SUBMITTED
/NOV 13/NOYAN TAPAN/

RISE IN SALE PRICES OF SEVERAL MEDICINES RECORDED IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER
/NOV 17/NOYAN TAPAN/

STATE COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF ECONOMIC COMPETITION TO ESTABLISH RIGID CONTROL IN CONSUMER GOODS MARKETS
/NOV 17/NOYAN TAPAN/

WB : POVERTY RATE REACHES 28.4% IN ARMENIA IN 2ND Q 2009
/NOV 17/ARKA/
Lire Ersado, a senior economist at the World Bank, told journalists on Tuesday that poverty rate rose 2.8 percentage points in Armenia in the second quarter 2009, compared with the same period a year earlier.
He said referring to the WB preliminary study that poverty rose from 25.6% in the second quarter of 2008 to 28.4% a year later.
The number of the poor has grown by 90,000 people over the quarter.
Ersado said that extreme penury almost doubled in Armenia from 3.6% to 6.9%.
The number of people living in extreme poverty grew by 107,000.
The WB expert, however, said that Armenian government and households have taken effective steps to curb penury growth.
He thinks that otherwise poverty would grow 7.6%.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE : IN 2010 SOCIAL EXPENSES WILL MAKE HALF OF THE BUDGET OF ARMENIA
/NOV 18/ARKA/
"In 2010 about half of the state budget of Armenia will make social expenses", said Tigran Davtyan, Minister of Finance of Armenia in the Parliament on Wednesday during the discussion of draft state budget.
"In 2010 social expenses will make 45.7% of the state budget which is unprecedented indicator."It means that about half of the state budget will be directed at social sphere - education, health and social security", said Davtyan.

ARMENIA’S 2010 STATE BUDGET TAX RECEIPTS MAY REACH AMD 568 BILLION
/NOV 18/ARKA/
Armenia’s revised 2010 state budget tax receipts may reach AMD 568 billion, Armenian Finance Minister Tigran Davtyan said Wednesday in National Assembly.
"Tax receipts were initially planned at AMD 533 billion in the 2010 state budget, but we intend to enlarge this indicator by AMD 17 billion."
The minister said that another 18 billion would be intended for the return of overpaid VAT.
He said that the share of tax receipts in the 2010 state budget revenue is big.
In particular, he said, the share of taxes in the 2010 state budget GDP will be enlarged by AMD 17 billion to 16.6% against the 2009 budget’s 16.4%.
Davtyan said that official transfers from European Union, Germany and other countries and organizations will total AMD 15 billion.
The 2010 state budget revenue is AMD 676.6 billion, expenditure AMD 859.6 billon and deficit AMD 183 billion. One dollar is expected to cost AMD 376 in 2010.

ARMENIAN PM : AMD 3.5 BILLION PROVIDED TO CONSTRUCTORS BY GOVERNMENT SINCE BEGINNING OF 2009
/NOV 20/ARKA/

BUDGETARY GUARANTEE EQUIVALENT TO 0.5 MILLION DOLLARS TO BE GIVEN TO NORASHEN 2007 CONSUMERS’ COOPERATIVE
/NOV 20/NOYAN TAPAN/

ARMENIAN GDP FALLS BY 17.5% IN JANUARY-OCTOBER 2009 ON SAME PERIOD OF 2008
/NOV 20/NOYAN TAPAN/
  GDP : -17.5% (2 466 298 million drams)
  Index-deflator of GDP : 0.5%.
  Industrial production : -11.4% (525 023.5m drams)
  Gross agricultural output : -0.8% (477 104.1m drams)
  Construction volumes : -41.6% (430 694.8m drams
  Retail trade : +0.1% (797 130m drams)
  Services : -1.5% (602 452.2m drams)
  Exports : -40.7% (551.6m USD)
  Imports : -28.5% (2bn 570m USD)
  Consumer prices : +3%
  Industrial production prices : +2.7%
  Officially registered unemployed persons : +17% (111.4 thousand in late October)
  Average monthly nominal salary : 98,618 drams (+11.5%
  Average salary in the state sector : 81,529 drams (16.1% growth)
  Average salary in the private sector : 123,160 drams (8.1% growth)
  Average exchange rate of one US dollar : 359.18 drams