In spite of all taken measures, the humanitarian and social condition of refugees and IDPs is still complicated. At present 87631 refugees live in hostels, more than 25550 of them live in camps, 28 thousand are in Finnish type houses, and the rest live in state buildings, incomplete buildings, sanatoriums, boarding houses and in other places under insufferable circumstances, which do not meet sanitary norms.

In 2001 – 2007 new private houses and settlements containing 15713 houses were build for refugees and 49 IDPs’ temporary residence, in order to improve their living conditions.

At present in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan 33 thousand of 293 thousand able-bodied IDPs are unemployed. Because of the shortage of workplaces, financial insufficiency preventing the formation of new workplaces and in spite of the work carried out in agrarian industry, the full sanction of unemployment encounter a number of barriers.

As a whole, in 2001-1007 263 thousand refugees and IDPs were provided with work, 2062 of them received the status of unemployed, 932 were involved in the paid social work, 710 were involved in the rates of vocational training, 5099 families were paid social aid.

More than 27814 workplaces were formed in new settlements, more than 5 thousand of them work in the allotted plots of land, and 1000 persons work in budget organizations.

According to the Decision of the Ministry of the Republic of Azerbaijan no. 204 of November, 6, 2000 "on the statement of rules and conditions of giving out credits to IDPs for agriculture employment", in 2001-2002 at the expense of the sum of 2 billion manats, allocated from budget, more than 1000 IDPs were given out micro credits for agriculture employment.

For expired time the Fund of social development of the IDPs has given credits in the amount of 2,5 billion manats to 950 IDP families. And also credits in the amount of 3,4 billions manats was given to 150 families by the National Fund for Entrepreneurship Support

60 thousand hectares of plots of land are allocated for IDPs’ temporary use. 760 farms, for are created for 47 thousand IDPs.

In these farms more than 800 thousand heads of small cattle and livestock are available.

Plots of land are allocated to refugee and IDP families, settled in reconstructed settlements, and gratuitous financial help in the amount of 1 million manat is rendered to each family. More than 60 farms are created in these settlements.

Approximately 17 million US dollars are spent by international and local humanitarian organizations under different projects, micro-credits in the amount of 9,7 million US dollars are granted to 31.013 refugees, IDPs and needy population groups through the line of non-bank credit organizations founded by them.

During last years the size of the help of food and other goods rendered by donors to refugees and IDPs is substantially (4 times) decreased. In Baku, Sumgait and in the Absheron area more than 230 thousand of temporarily settled refugees have not been provided with food aid since 1992 - 1993. In general at present only 30 percent of more than 1 million refugees and IDPs at present are provided with food aid. In 2001 214 thousand of IDPs were suspended with food aid by the international humanitarian organizations. br>
Due to the limitation of financial opportunities there are difficulties in the productive use of the lands allocated to IDPs for temporary use. br>
There is a great need in the creation of new fine industry fields, for the development of small and average business, for the realization of agriculture work, for micro financing, etc. br>
There is a serious need for the improvement of object infrastructures, the lines of electricity transmission, water pipes of potable water, internal roads, roofs, objects of public health services in the places of compact settlement of IDPs - in tent camps, farms, hostels, incomplete buildings, children's sanitary camps and in other places. br>