Seeing is Believing : Poverty in the Palestinian Territories

The Palestinian Territories have a uniquely fragmented geography, characterized by the isolation of Gaza from the rest of the world, and the man-made barriers to mobility within the West Bank. The internal mobility restrictions imposed by Israel, unique to the West Bank, play an important role in explaining spatial variations in outcomes within the West Bank. This is strikingly analogous to the role of Gaza's external barriers in explaining the divergence between the West Bank and Gaza. These have consequences for poverty and economic development. Detailed analysis using a series of labor force and household surveys were undertaken as part of the West Bank and Gaza poverty and inclusion assessment, coping with conflict? The analysis revealed that over the last decade, internal and external barriers have been associated with tremendous constraints to growth and investment, which is evident in high rates of unemployment, especially in Gaza and among women and youth. Poverty mapping relies on household survey and census data, making the most of the strengths of each, and compensating for their weaknesses. Certain key data requirements must be fulfilled to be able to construct a poverty map. Survey data must include detailed consumption data, which is the basis for calculating poverty estimates, for instance at the national and the regional level. However, the survey usually covers only a representative sample of the population. This tradeoff between sample size and the cost and time needed to collect quality consumption data implies that surveys cannot typically be used to calculate reliable poverty estimates for more disaggregated areas. This is because, at such lower levels of disaggregation, for instance, the community or village, the number of observations in the survey is too small to produce statistically reliable estimates. The census on the other hand covers the entire population and can therefore be reliable even at lower levels of aggregation. However, the census usually covers only basic information like demographics, education and employment but not detailed information on consumption.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO MARKETS, ACCESS TO SERVICES, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CONFLICT, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, CORRELATES OF POVERTY, DATA AVAILABILITY, DEGREE OF POVERTY, DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY, DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS, DISADVANTAGED AREAS, DISAGGREGATED LEVEL, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION LEVEL, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS, ESTIMATES OF POVERTY, ESTIMATION METHOD, EXPLANATORY VARIABLES, EXTREME POVERTY, HEADCOUNT RATIO, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH INSURANCE, HIGH POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HOUSING, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME, INCOME LEVELS, INEQUALITY, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LACK OF ACCESS, LACK OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, LIVING STANDARDS, LOW LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LOW POVERTY RATE, MONITORING TOOL, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, POINT ESTIMATE, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY RESEARCH, POOR, POOR AREAS, POOR PEOPLE, POOR POPULATION, POORER HOUSEHOLDS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE, POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY INDICATORS, POVERTY INDICES, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MAP, POVERTY MAPPING, POVERTY MAPPING EXERCISE, POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY, POVERTY MAPS, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS, POVERTY SERIES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PUBLIC SECTOR, REGIONAL LEVEL, REGIONAL MODEL, REGIONAL POVERTY, RURAL, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, SANITATION, SCHOOLING, SELF-EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SPATIAL VARIATIONS, STANDARD DEVIATION, TARGETING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WAGE EMPLOYMENT, WELFARE MEASURES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/19243623/seeing-believing-poverty-palestinian-territories http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17836
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