Morocco - Poverty Report : Strengthening Policy by Identifying the Geographic Dimension of poverty

The report provides detailed information on the geographical distribution of poverty and vulnerability throughout the country - i.e. regions, provinces and communes. The information presented is essential to understand poverty at the local level, and to address it with appropriate sectoral or cross-sectoral strategies. Further, when local poverty rates are analyzed alongside public expenditure data, an initial assessment for targeting performance of government social programs in rural and urban areas, is possible. The analysis finds that social programs generally are well targeted to the poor zones in rural areas, but not so in urban areas. The report also discusses the importance of identifying the distributional impacts of growth enhancing reforms, so that social protection policies for the poor and vulnerable can be designed to accompany the implementation of the reforms. The report examines in depth one important policy issue - de-protection of cereals -- and sheds light on the household impact of de-protection, with particular focus on the poor and vulnerable. By identifying which specific income groups and in which regions will be mostly hurt by the reforms in the short term, it will be possible to design appropriate social protection for vulnerable groups, and thereby support the agricultural reform process.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2004-09
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE, ACCESS TO SERVICES, AGRICULTURAL TRADE, BASIC NEEDS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CHANGES IN POVERTY, COST EFFECTIVENESS, DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC POLICY, ECONOMIC REFORMS, EXTREME POVERTY, FARMERS, GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING, GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING, HEALTH INSURANCE, HIGH CONCENTRATIONS, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLNESS, INCOME GROUPS, INCOME LEVELS, INCOME POVERTY, INEQUALITY, IRRIGATION, LAND TITLES, LANDHOLDINGS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LITERACY, LIVING STANDARDS, MACROECONOMIC CONTEXT, MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, MEDIUM TERM, MIDDLE EAST, NGO, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY REFORMS, POLITICAL INFLUENCE, POOR FARMERS, POOR GROUPS, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, POVERTY, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY ALLEVIATION EFFORTS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY MAP, POVERTY MAPS, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY PROGRAMS, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY UPDATE, PRO-POOR, PRO-POOR GROWTH, PROGRAM EVALUATION, PROGRAMS, PROVINCIAL ALLOCATIONS, PROVINCIAL LEVEL POVERTY, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PROGRAMS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS, REDUCING POVERTY, REFORM PROGRAMS, REGRESSION ANALYSIS, RELATIVE IMPORTANCE, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL FAMILIES, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL PHENOMENON, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, SAFETY NETS, SAMPLE SIZE, SCHOOLING, SERVICE DELIVERY, SOCIAL INDICATORS, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL STABILITY, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TARGETING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POOR, URBAN POVERTY, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WELFARE DISTRIBUTION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/6466737/morocco-poverty-report-strengthening-policy-identifying-geographic-dimension-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14420
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