Swaziland : Reducing Poverty Through Shared Growth

The people of Swaziland are its greatest resource. Yet, social and economic indicators of household welfare converge to confirm fundamental inequalities in access to incomes and assets, and the existence of significant poverty and deprivation. Furthermore, as the regional economic and social climate is transformed, the fragile gains of the past are being fast eroded. At this historic juncture, the Swazi poor need to come to the fore of the public policy framework. There is an urgent need to catalyze a new pattern of pro-poor development in Swaziland where the poor participate and share fully in growth, human development, and social protection. The report calls for prioritizing the following actions: 1) enabling the growth of smallholder agriculture, 2) ensuring effective human development investments, 3) insuring the poor against major risks, and 4) strengthening institutions to increase the poverty impact of policies. The achievement of all these will require fundamental change across sectors and leadership to carry forward the change.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Public Expenditure Review biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2000-01-12
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, BASIC EDUCATION, CLIMATE, CLINICS, COMMON LAW, COMMON LAW SYSTEMS, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, CONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTION, CONSUMPTION MEASURE, CURRENCY UNIT, DATA COLLECTION, DEPENDENCY RATIO, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, DIRECT INVESTMENT, DIVERSIFICATION, DRINKING WATER, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION LEVEL, EQUAL RIGHTS, EQUIVALENT CONSUMPTION, EXPENDITURE SURVEY, EXPLOITATION, FAMILY SUPPORT, FARMING, FARMS, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, GNP, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, HEALTH EXPENDITURES, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH SERVICE, HEALTH SERVICES, HIGH GROWTH, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT, HUMAN WELFARE, IMMUNIZATION, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, IMPORTS, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME GROUPS, INCOME GROWTH, INEQUALITY, INFORMAL SAFETY, INFORMAL SECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, INSURANCE, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LAND DEGRADATION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LITERACY RATES, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOCAL LEVEL, MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, MALARIA, MANAGERS, MANUFACTURING SECTOR, MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY, MINES, NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, NATIONAL INCOME, PARTICIPATORY POVERTY, PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT, PER CAPITA INCOMES, POLICY ACTIONS, POLICY DEBATE, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL STABILITY, POOR COMMUNITIES, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POPULATION GROUPS, POPULATION GROWTH, POVERTY DYNAMICS, POVERTY FOCUS, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MONITORING, POVERTY POLICY, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY STATUS, POVERTY TRAPS, POVERTY TRENDS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIME MINISTER, PRIORITY AREAS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRO- POOR, PRO-POOR, PRO-POOR GROWTH, PRODUCTIVE ASSETS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC ACTION, PUBLIC BUDGET, PUBLIC EDUCATION, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SPENDING, REDUCING POVERTY, RELATIVE POVERTY, RESEARCH INSTITUTE, RURAL AREAS, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NETS, SAVINGS, SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, SECTOR ACTIVITY, SHORT TERM, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, SOCIAL INDICATORS, SOCIAL NORMS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, STATISTICAL OFFICE, SURVIVAL STRATEGIES, TASK TEAM LEADER, TAX INCENTIVES, TAX REVENUES, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, TERTIARY EDUCATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POOR, URBAN POPULATION, URBAN POVERTY, WAGES, WELFARE GAINS, WELFARE MEASURE, WIDOWS, WORKERS POVERTY REDUCTION, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, SMALL HOLDERS, MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS, LABOR, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR EDUCATION, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION COSTS, ACCOUNTING & REPORTING, SMALL FARMS, INSTITUTION BUILDING, LABOR INTENSIVE FARMING, DROUGHT, HIV VIRUSES, ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME, MIGRANT WORKERS, CATTLE, RURAL FINANCE, PREVENTIVE HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/438316/swaziland-reducing-poverty-through-shared-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15107
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