Small area estimates of poverty and inequality statistics, through survey-to-census imputation that lets consumption be … predictions available for all households, inequality and poverty statistics can be estimated for small geographic areas (Elbers et … al, 2003).2 In the results below, the poverty statistics that are calculated by using the predicted consumption data for …

Moldova has experienced rapid economic growth in the past decade, which has been accompanied by reductions in poverty … reducing poverty and expanding shared prosperity and for addressing the problems associated with an aging population in a … the poor to shocks. The Moldova poverty assessment 2016 includes three prongs of analysis: this report, which explores …

This report documents the progress South Africa has made in reducing poverty and inequality since the end of apartheid …. Second, although South Africa has made progress in reducing poverty since 1994, the trajectory of poverty reduction was … intergenerational mobility act as a brake on poverty reduction and as a result poverty is high for an upper middle-income country …

Around the world, countries use a wide variety of poverty measurement methodologies. A common method used to measure … poverty is based on levels of consumption - a person is considered poor if his or her consumption level falls below some … measuring poverty in the Maldives using a relative poverty line and presents findings of applying the poverty concepts in the …

poverty (an additional 28.7percent); most of the poor and vulnerable lived in the governorates of Upper Egypt. Clearly the … essential element of poverty reduction policy. Looking ahead, this report calls attention to the fact that re … policies that encourage job creation will be key to sustained poverty reduction. Revitalizing education and job creation will …

poverty, including the decisions taken to build the consumption-based welfare aggregate. The second objective of this note is …

understand poverty's determinants. Exploiting data from the 2017 household expenditure survey, as well as administrative and … geospatial data, it provides a detailed analysis of poverty in the country, its strong link to labor market outcomes, and the … shows that over a fifth of the Djiboutian population continues to live in extreme poverty and that the country has high …

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of poverty and inequality in Tanzania and identifies some priority … actions if poverty is to be reduced. The analysis is contained in two parts. The first part is based on the results of the … (1) provide a rigorous analysis of the evolution, profile, and determinants of poverty and inequality; (2) explore …

electricity tariff increases. The report analyzes patterns of electricity consumption, affordability, poverty and distributional … efficiency improvements, to address energy poverty. Such measures shall not impede the effective opening of the electricity …