advances in recent years, there are a variety of elements in current poverty measurement and mapping practices in Central … America that are susceptible to further improvement. The purpose of this note is to take stock of current poverty measurement … practices and the status of statistical capacity for effective poverty measurement in Central America. The first section reviews …

larger effort in the vice presidency to improve measurement of vulnerability to poverty"--World Bank web site … earning dynamics and related issues such as the propensity of earners to fall into poverty or vulnerability to poverty because … other measures of interest, such as an individual's vulnerability to poverty. The results show that model parameters …

to poverty were identified as critical to understanding the current situation, and to developing a poverty reduction … strategy. These questions are: a) what is the current poverty situation in Kazakhstan, b) what has been the impact of economic … growth on poverty, and, c) how effective is the social protection system in alleviating poverty. Six main findings on poverty …

. An important objective for the democratically elected government of post-conflict Liberia is to reduce poverty. As part … of its long-term vision plan, the Government is preparing a second Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) to set out its medium …-term approach to poverty reduction. The current climate of peace and security, as well as continued improvements in the economy …

This report reviews poverty in Armenia in 2001, and examines the most recent trends covering the 1998/99 to 2001 period …. It looks at the determinants of poverty, and analyzes linkages between economic growth, sector policies and poverty. The … other in 2001. The report has contributed to the development of Armenia's national strategy for growth and poverty reduction …