Investing in People to Fight Poverty in Haiti : Reflections for Evidence-based Policy Making

Despite a decline in both monetary and multidimensional poverty rates since 2000, Haiti remains among the poorest and most unequal countries in Latin America. Two years after the 2010 earthquake, poverty was still high, particularly in rural areas. This report establishes that in 2012 more than one in two Haitians was poor, living on less than $ 2.41 a day, and one person in four was living below the national extreme poverty line of $1.23 a day. Extreme poverty declined from 31 to 24 percent between 2000 and 2012, and there have been some gains in access to education and sanitation, although access to basic services is generally low and is characterized by important inequalities. Urban areas have fared relatively better than rural areas, reflecting more nonagricultural employment opportunities, larger private transfers, more access to critical goods, and services and narrowing inequality compared to rural areas. Continued advances in reducing both extreme and moderate poverty will require greater, more broad-based growth, but also a concerted focus on increasing the capacity of the poor and vulnerable to accumulate assets, generate income, and better protect their livelihoods from shocks. Special attention should be given to vulnerable groups such as women and children and to rural areas, which are home to over half of the population and where extreme poverty persists, and income inequality is increasing.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	World Bank, Observatoire National de la Pauvreté et de l’Exclusion Sociale
Format:	Economic & Sector Work biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE TERMS, ACCESS TO ASSETS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ACCESS TO MARKETS, ACCESS TO SERVICES, ACCOUNTABILITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS, AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, AGRICULTURAL INPUTS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AVERAGE GROWTH, AVERAGE INEQUALITY, BASIC HEALTH, BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPITAL ACCUMULATION, CARIBBEAN REGION, CHILD MORTALITY, CHRONIC POVERTY, CHRONICALLY POOR, CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION POVERTY, COPING MECHANISMS, CORRELATES OF POVERTY, COVARIATE SHOCKS, CROP DIVERSIFICATION, DECLINE IN POVERTY, DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF RICE, DRINKING WATER, DROUGHT, EARTHQUAKE, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC IMPACT, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC POLICY, ECONOMIC SHOCKS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, EPIDEMICS, EXTERNAL SHOCKS, EXTREME POVERTY, EXTREME POVERTY LINE, EXTREME POVERTY LINES, FAMINE, FARM ACTIVITIES, FARM ACTIVITY, FARM CROPS, FARMERS, FEMALE WORKFORCE, FINANCIAL FLOWS, FOOD AID, FOOD BASKET, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD NEEDS, FOOD POVERTY, FOOD POVERTY LINE, FOOD PRICES, FOOD SECURITY, FORMAL EDUCATION, FORMAL SAFETY NETS, GENDER INEQUALITIES, GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS, GINI COEFFICIENT, GROWTH PERFORMANCE, GROWTH RATE, HEADCOUNT POVERTY, HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, HEALTH EXPENDITURE, HEALTH EXPENDITURES, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HIGH INEQUALITY, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD PARTICIPATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX, IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS, IMPACT OF SHOCKS, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME, INCOME DATA, INCOME INEQUALITY, INCOME POVERTY, INCOME QUINTILE, INCOME SHARE, INCOME VOLATILITY, INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY REDUCTION, INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LAND ACQUISITION, LEGAL STATUS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL MORTALITY, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY LINE, NATIONAL POVERTY LINES, NATIONAL POVERTY RATE, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL SHOCKS, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PER CAPITA INCOME, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, POLITICAL STABILITY, POOR, POOR COUNTRIES, POOR GOVERNANCE, POOR HOUSEHOLD, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR LIVING, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY ASSESSMENT TEAM, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY INDEX, POVERTY INDICATOR, POVERTY INDICATORS, POVERTY LEVEL, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MAP, POVERTY MEASURE, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY POVERTY, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY PROFILES, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER, POVERTY STATUS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIVATE TRANSFERS, PROGRESS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC PROVISION, REMITTANCES, REPEATED SHOCKS, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RISK MANAGEMENT, RISK REDUCTION, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL INCOME, RURAL INCOME GENERATION, RURAL LIVELIHOODS, RURAL PHENOMENON, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POPULATIONS, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL RESIDENTS, SAFETY NET, SANITATION, SCHOOL FEEDING, SELF-EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOIL EROSION, SQUARED POVERTY GAP, STRUCTURAL REFORMS, SUBSISTENCE, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, SUSTAINABLE POVERTY, SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION, TARGETING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRADE SHOCKS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEQUAL COUNTRIES, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POOR, VULNERABILITY, VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WATER SOURCES, WELFARE MEASURES, WELFARE QUINTILES, YOUNG ADULTS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/24038562/investing-people-fight-poverty-haiti-reflections-evidence-based-policy-making http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21519
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