Education, health expenses to rise next year: Azeri govt
The Azerbaijani government intends to increase its spending on education and healthcare in 2012, according to the draft state budget released by the Finance Ministry.
Expenses on education are expected to increase 12.6 percent in comparison with 2011 to nearly 1.576 billion (over $2 billion).
The funds to be spent on education make up 9.3 percent of the total expenses in next year’s budget, 0.5 percent over the figure reported in 2011.
As for healthcare, the government is to allocate 595.1 million manats (around $763 million) in 2012, 5.7 percent above 2011.
The share of healthcare spending in the total budget expenditure is 3.5 percent, according to the 2012 draft state budget.
The state budget funds to be spent on culture are expected to increase 16.6 percent to reach 250 million manats ($320 million).
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