This chapter was written in 2007 in order to inform the diagnostic of Liberia’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. Little has …

because of lack of good data. This chapter was also written in 2007 to inform the diagnostic of Liberia’s Poverty Reduction …

newly available household surveys have permitted the estimation of measures of poverty among cotton producers in West and … Central Africa, as well as simulations of the impact that changes in producer prices may have on poverty. …

To help prepare Liberia’s poverty reduction strategy, a CWIQ (Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaire) household survey … of this survey to estimate the level of poverty and vulnerability in the country, provide a profile of poverty, and … analyze the correlates of consumption and poverty at the household level. It is estimated that slightly less than two …

This article analyses the evolution of poverty and living conditions in Senegal using household surveys conducted over … Development Goals (MDGs). The article was prepared as part of the evaluation of the PRSP II (Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy … Paper 2006-2010) implemented in recent years. Despite efforts in several areas, simulations suggest that poverty has …

growth rates and substantial poverty reduction, with the share of the population living in poverty declining from 67.9 to 57 ….1 percent. Poverty in urban areas was reduced faster than in rural areas, as most of the investment benefited the manufacturing …

This paper analyzes the trend in, and determinants of poverty in Mali from 2001 and 2006. Thanks to strong economic … growth, poverty has been reduced. Yet due to demographic growth, the number of the poor is still increasing. Households … working in agriculture, especially in the cotton producing area of Sikasso, suffer from higher rates of poverty. Other …