About 2,400 persons with disabilities were attracted to the self-employment program by the State Employment Service under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection in 2019, the ministry reported.

Azerbaijan and the World Bank (WB) plan to hold official negotiations on a $100 million self-employment loan on January 18, Minister of Labor and Social Protection Sahil Babayev has said.

Negotiations between the World Bank (WB) and the Azerbaijani government on a $ 100 million loan for the self-employment program are at the final stage, country manager for the World Bank Azerbaijan Office Naveed Hassan Naqvi said.

Azerbaijan implements active work in the social sphere, including the self-employment programs. For unemployed people, the self-employment program is an opportunity to become entrepreneurs, masters of their own business, and for society - to involve unemployed citizens in a socially useful business.

Azerbaijan implements active work in the social sphere, including the self-employment programs, focused on allowing the disabled to have an opportunity to be involved in business life and become entrepreneurs.

Azerbaijan implements active work in the social sphere, including the self-employment program, which aroused great interest of population – this is evidenced by the number of growing applications.

Azerbaijan implements active work in the social sphere, including the self-employment program, which aroused great interest of population – this is evidenced by the number of growing applications.