Small Area Estimation of Poverty in Rural Bhutan

The Small Area Estimation (SAE) of poverty in Rural Bhutan was prepared with an objective to provide a more disaggregated picture of poverty in Bhutan down to the gewog level, based on the Bhutan living standard survey 2007 and Population and Housing Census of Bhutan (PHCB) 2005. The report records the estimation process in detail and describes results of statistical tests for quality checks. According to these tests, the poverty estimates at the gewog level are reliable. The report also enhances the transparency of the process and intends to serve as a guide for future updates. According to the Poverty Analysis Report (PAR) 2007, about one-fourth of the country's population is estimated to be poor with rural poverty as high as 30.9 percent. This report, which presents some results of the SAE, compliments the PAR 2007. However, vast differences in poverty levels across dzongkhag (district) and gewog (sub-district) persist. Popular perceptions suggest that the geography of poverty and of economic affluence is accentuated at the local level, and that an understanding of the spatial distribution of economic welfare is needed in order to spread the benefits of growth to lagging regions. In order to fulfill Bhutan's development philosophy of gross national happiness, and poverty reduction, it is essential to understand its geographic and spatial patterns. In the case of Bhutan, its land-locked geography and sparse population pose major challenges for poverty reduction. Poverty maps will help the government and development partners locate pockets of poverty which might otherwise be overlooked.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Poverty Study biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2010-06
Subjects:	ACCESS INDICATORS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO MARKETS, ACCESS TO SERVICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, BACKWARD AREAS, BETTER ACCESS TO MARKETS, BLOCK GRANTS, CALORIE INTAKE, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPACITY-BUILDING, CHILD NUTRITION, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, DATA ISSUES, DATA SETS, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS, DEVELOPMENT REPORT, DISAGGREGATED LEVEL, DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC POLICY, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, ELDERLY PEOPLE, EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE SCHEME, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS, ESTIMATION METHOD, EXPLANATORY VARIABLES, FARM ROAD, FOOD BUNDLE, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD EXPENDITURE, FOOD ITEMS, FOOD POVERTY, FOOD REQUIREMENTS, FOOD SECURITY, GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING, HIGH POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSING, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INCOME, INCOME LEVELS, INDICATOR OF POVERTY, INEQUALITY, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, LABOR FORCE, LAGGING REGIONS, LITERACY, LIVING STANDARDS, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY LINE, NATIONAL POVERTY RATE, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE, POINT ESTIMATE, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY INTERVENTIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY RESEARCH, POOR, POOR AREAS, POOR PEOPLE, POOR POPULATION, POOR POPULATIONS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGY, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY DATA, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE, POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY INDICATORS, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MAP, POVERTY MAPPING, POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE, POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY, POVERTY MAPS, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION POLICIES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PUBLIC SERVICE, QUALITY OF LIFE, REDUCING POVERTY, REGIONAL DIFFERENCES, REGIONAL SCIENCE, REMOTE AREAS, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RURAL, RURAL ACCESS, RURAL AREA, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL POVERTY RATES, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, SPATIAL PATTERN, SPATIAL PATTERNS, STANDARD DEVIATION, STANDARD OF LIVING, SUBSISTENCE, TARGETING, TOTAL POVERTY, TOTAL POVERTY LINE, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POVERTY, WELFARE INDICATORS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/06/16234230/small-area-estimation-poverty-rural-bhutan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12348
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