Bhutan Poverty Assessment 2014

This report identifies the key drivers of rapid poverty reduction in Bhutan over the recent years, explaining why some dzongkhags are stuck in poverty or reducing poverty is not significant while others prospered, and whether female headed households have a harder time reducing poverty. The exercise draws mainly on data from the two rounds of Bhutan Living Standards Survey (2007 and 2012) supplemented with focus group discussions carried out for the report in select dzongkhags. Bhutan's poverty reduction has been rapid, broad-based, and inclusive. Between 2007 and 2012, the percentage of consumption poor halved to 12 percent. Bhutan has nearly ended extreme poverty within the living memory of a generation extreme poverty touched a low of two percent in 2012. Broader multidimensional poverty indices, that include education and health outcomes besides standards of living, also indicate a steep decline in the percentage of deprived population by two-thirds, from about 25 percent to 12.7 percent. Growth in Bhutan helped the previously landless to escape poverty. Education appears to be the most important route by far to escape poverty. This report is a complement to the earlier Poverty Analysis Report 2012 which was prepared with the World Bank's technical support.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Bhutan National Statistics Bureau, World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE, ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION, AGGREGATE POVERTY, AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, ANNUAL GROWTH, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, AVERAGE GROWTH, AVERAGE LEVEL, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS, CHILD MORTALITY, CHRONICALLY POOR, COMMERCIAL CROPS, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, CONSUMER PRICES, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE, CONSUMPTION GROWTH, CONSUMPTION POVERTY, COUNTRY LEVEL, CREDIT PROGRAMS, CROP INSURANCE, CROP PRODUCTION, CURRENT POVERTY, DECLINE IN POVERTY, DEVELOPING WORLD, DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, DIETARY DIVERSITY, DIETARY PATTERNS, DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, DISTRIBUTION OF ACCESS, DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE, DRINKING WATER, DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION LEVEL, EDUCATION POVERTY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, EXTREME POVERTY, FARM ROADS, FARMERS, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FIREWOOD, FOOD IMPORTS, FOOD INTAKE, FOOD ITEMS, FOOD POVERTY, FOOD POVERTY LINE, FOOD PRICE, FOOD PRICES, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SHORTAGE, GDP, GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS, GINI COEFFICIENT, GROWTH PROCESS, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, HEADCOUNT POVERTY, HEADCOUNT RATIO, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, INADEQUATE FOOD, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME, INCOME INEQUALITY, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY OF INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION, INSURANCE, IRRIGATION, LAND HOLDINGS, LAND OWNERSHIP, LANDLESS HOUSEHOLDS, LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP, LIVING STANDARDS, LONG RUN, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MEASURING POVERTY, MEAT, MEDIUM TERM, MICRO-CREDIT, MILK, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY LINE, NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS, NUTRITION, PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE, POINT ESTIMATES, POLICY RESEARCH, POLITICAL STABILITY, POOR, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POORER HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION SHARE, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY DYNAMICS, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY FRONT, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY INDEX, POVERTY INDICES, POVERTY LEVEL, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MEASURE, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY OUTCOMES, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY RATIO, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY SEVERITY, POVERTY STATUS, PRO-POOR, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SECTOR, QUALITY OF LIFE, REDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES, REDUCING INEQUALITY, REDUCING POVERTY, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, REDUCTION OF POVERTY, RELATIVE INEQUALITY, REMOTE AREAS, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL GROWTH, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL INCOMES, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL RESIDENTS, RURAL ROAD, RURAL ROADS, SAFETY NETS, SANITATION, SAVINGS, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOLING, SHEEP, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION, STANDARD OF LIVING, SUBSISTENCE, SUSTAINABLE POVERTY, SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION, SWEET POTATO, TARGETING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION, URBAN AREAS, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN POVERTY, VEGETABLES, VULNERABLE SEGMENTS, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER SOURCES, WELFARE INDICATOR, WELFARE INDICATORS, WELFARE PROGRAM,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20197512/bhutan-poverty-assessment-2014 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20353
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