Bulgaria : Living Conditions Before and After EU Accession

This report provides estimates of the level poverty and changes in living conditions between 2003 and 2007 in the new European Union (EU) member state Bulgaria. This report fills key gaps in the understanding of the state of welfare in Bulgaria and its future trends. It provides an assessment of changes in living standards since 2003, a period of sustained robust growth and intensive reform efforts leading to successful EU accession, and the current profile of the poor. The report quantifies the level of deprivation and the gains in poverty reduction and overall welfare improvements in different segments of Bulgaria's population. The study aims to support policy discourse on poverty reduction and strengthening of social protection by providing a robust assessment of living conditions among various individual, household, geographic, and socioeconomic groups and of the actual and likely future effectiveness of current poverty reduction policies. The report is organized as follows. Section two examines welfare trends between 2003 and 2007, decomposes changes in poverty, and links poverty outcomes to growth. In section three, the poverty profile is presented based on the results of the 2007 Multitopic Household Survey (MTHS) data. Correlates and determinants of consumption expenditures are presented in section four. Annex A provides a detailed account of the concept of poverty and the methodology used for measuring poverty in this report. Annex B presents supplementary data.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2009-09
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY, ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE, ACCESS TO FOOD, AGGREGATE POVERTY, ANNUAL GROWTH, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, ASSET POVERTY, AVERAGE LEVEL, CHANGES IN POVERTY, CHRONIC POVERTY, CLEAN WATER, CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, CONSUMPTION POVERTY, CORRELATES OF POVERTY, CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION, CURRENT POVERTY, DECLINE IN POVERTY, DENSITY FUNCTION, DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS, DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY, DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT, DROP IN POVERTY, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC POLICY, EDUCATION LEVEL, EDUCATION POVERTY, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, EMPIRICAL RESULTS, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, ETHNIC MINORITY, ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS, EXTREME POVERTY, EXTREME POVERTY LINE, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FOOD NEEDS, FOOD POVERTY, GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS, GINI COEFFICIENT, GINI INDEX, GROWTH RATE, HEADCOUNT POVERTY, HEADCOUNT RATIO, HEALTH CARE, HIGH POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME GAP, INDICATORS OF POVERTY, INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY CONSTANT, INFLATION RATE, INSUFFICIENT INCOME, INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET POLICIES, LIVING STANDARDS, LOW INFLATION, LOW SHARE, MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT, MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MALNUTRITION, MEAN GROWTH, MEAN INCOME, MEASURING POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY LINE, NEGATIVE IMPACT, PENSION INCOME, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PER CAPITA INCOMES, POOR, POOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, POOR HEALTH, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR LIVING, POOR PEOPLE, POOR POPULATION, POPULATION GROUP, POPULATION SHARE, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY CHANGES, POVERTY DYNAMICS, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY GAP INDEX, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY INDEXES, POVERTY INDICATORS, POVERTY LEVEL, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY LINKAGES, POVERTY MEASURE, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY OUTCOMES, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY RANKINGS, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION POLICIES, POVERTY RISK, POVERTY SEVERITY, POVERTY THRESHOLD, POWERLESSNESS, PRO-POOR, PUBLIC SECTOR, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, REFORM EFFORTS, REFORM PROGRAM, REGIONAL CENTERS, REGIONAL CITIES, REGIONAL DECOMPOSITION, REGIONAL DIMENSIONS, REGIONAL DISPARITIES, REGIONAL DISPARITY, REGIONAL POVERTY, RELATIVE POSITION, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL PHENOMENON, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL POVERTY LINE, RURAL QUINTILE, RURAL RESIDENTS, SANITATION, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOLING, SELF-EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL RELATIONS, SQUARED POVERTY GAP, STRUCTURAL REFORMS, SUBSISTENCE, TARGETING, TOTAL POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POOR, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WAGE RATES, WEALTH GROUPS, WELFARE DISTRIBUTION, WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS, WELFARE INDICATOR, WELFARE INDICATORS, WELFARE MEASURE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/09/11349211/bulgaria-living-conditions-before-after-eu-accession https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18898
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