Armenia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2. Main Report

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 findings are based on two rounds of the Armenia Integrated Living Conditions Survey (ILCS), one carried out in 1998/99, and the other in 2001. The report has contributed to the development of Armenia's national strategy for growth and poverty reduction. Poverty is high in Armenia, with an estimated 48 percent of the population below the poverty line in 2001. Despite some 20 percent still living in extreme poverty, there has been nonetheless, a significant decline in poverty, as poverty incidence dropped by 12 percent, and extreme poverty incidence by 25 percent from their respective levels in 1998/99. There is a strong correlation between poverty and low educational attainment, while the unemployed and non-participants in the labor market, face the highest poverty risk, depth and severity of poverty. In rural areas, poverty is positively correlated with the size of landholdings. The drop in poverty reflects a decline in urban poverty since 1998/99. Rural poverty has increased slightly. Yerevan, the capital and largest urban area in Armenia, registered the most significant reduction in poverty, as poverty incidence there dropped by 23 percent and extreme poverty by over a third, to 45 percent and 20 percent, respectively. While poverty in other urban areas also decreased, their poverty incidence still remains above the national rate, at 52 percent. Poverty incidence is now roughly the same in urban and rural areas, 48.5 percent and 47.9 percent, respectively. Government policies aimed at macroeconomic stability and diversification of the economy should be pursued, and, recommendations further include increasing the level and quality of education, and ensuring better health for all, critical to reduce poverty. Concerning social protection, consideration should be given to expanding it to cover most of the extremely poor, as well as refining targeting mechanisms.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2003-11
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ADEQUATE HOUSING, AGRICULTURAL INPUTS, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, ANNUAL GROWTH, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, ARABLE LAND, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC HEALTH, BASIC HEALTH CARE, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD MORTALITY RATES, CITIES, COMPETENCIES, COPING STRATEGY, COST EFFECTIVENESS, CREDIT PROGRAMS, CROP PRODUCTION, DATA SETS, DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DIVERSIFICATION, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC REFORM, EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT GENERATION, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION, EXPENDITURES, EXPORT MARKETS, EXTERNAL SHOCKS, EXTERNAL TRADE, EXTERNALITIES, EXTREME POVERTY, FAMILY FARMS, FAMILY POVERTY, FAMILY POVERTY BENEFIT, FARM ACTIVITIES, FARM EMPLOYMENT, FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, FARM INCOME, FARM INCOMES, FARM LABOR, FARM OUTPUT, FARM PRODUCTIVITY, FARMER, FARMERS, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FINANCIAL FLOWS, FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, FOOD CONSUMPTION, GINI COEFFICIENT, GROWTH PERFORMANCE, GROWTH PROCESS, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH STATUS, HEALTH SYSTEM, HIGH POVERTY, HOSPITALS, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMANITARIAN AID, IMMUNIZATION, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME GROUPS, INCOME INEQUALITY, INCOME TRANSFERS, INCOME-GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES, INCREASE, INEQUALITY CONSTANT, INFANT DEATHS, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT, INSURANCE, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, IRRIGATION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LACK OF INFORMATION, LAND HOLDINGS, LAND REFORM, LANDHOLDINGS, LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS, LIVING, LIVING CONDITIONS, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION, MARKETING, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MEDICINES, MEDIUM TERM, MICRO-CREDIT, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, OLD AGE, OPERATIONAL POLICIES, PATIENTS, PER CAPITA INCOME, PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY INSTRUMENT, POOR, POOR CHILDREN, POOR EDUCATION, POOR FAMILIES, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POORER HOUSEHOLDS, POORER POPULATION, POVERTY, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER, POVERTY RISK, POVERTY SITUATION, PRIMARY CARE, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIVATE TRANSFERS, PRO-POOR, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS, RAPID GROWTH, REDUCING POVERTY, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, REFORM PROGRAMS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DWELLERS, RURAL ECONOMY, RURAL FAMILIES, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION, RURAL SETTINGS, SAFETY NET, SAVINGS, SCREENING, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION, SMALL LANDHOLDINGS, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, STRUCTURAL REFORMS, SUBSISTENCE, TARGETING, TRANSITION COUNTRIES, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POVERTY, WAR, WASTE, WASTE DISPOSAL, WORKERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/6670565/armenia-poverty-assessment-vol-2-3-main-report https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14429
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