Yemen Poverty Assessment : Volume 3. Poverty Maps

From what was historically known as 'Arabia Felix', a land of prosperity and happiness, Yemen has become the most impoverished among the Arab countries. The government of the united Yemen, formed in 1990, has launched so far three five-year economic reform plans with the goal of restoring Yemen's prosperity. Have these efforts succeeded? What policies are needed to further reduce poverty? The poverty assessment report aims to answer these questions. This report measures poverty in Yemen in 2005-06, and evaluates the change in poverty compared to 1998, the two years for which comparable household budget surveys are available. The period between the two survey years (1998 and 2005-06), more or less overlaps the first two five-year economic plans and captures the effect of the economic reform programs launched since 1995. In addition to measuring poverty, this report has three objectives: evaluating the role of growth and past reforms on poverty, identifying better ways to target the vulnerable poor through public action, and an assessment of the poverty monitoring system. By examining the effect of the key policies on poverty, such as the petroleum price reform and the government's social protection mechanisms between 1998 and 2005-06, the study aims to equip policy makers and development partners with the knowledge needed to improve the effectiveness of their efforts to reduce poverty in Yemen.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: Poverty Assessment biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2007-11
Subjects:ABSOLUTE POVERTY, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO SERVICES, AVERAGE INCOME, BASIC EDUCATION, BASIC HEALTH, BASIC HEALTH SERVICES, CALORIES PER PERSON, CHANGES IN POVERTY, CITY REGION, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLINICS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE, CONSUMPTION GROWTH, CURRENT POVERTY, DECLINE IN POVERTY, DECLINE IN POVERTY RATES, DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY, DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY, DISABLED PEOPLE, DISTRIBUTION EFFECT, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC POLICIES, ECONOMIC REFORM, ECONOMIC REFORMS, EDUCATED WORKERS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, ESTIMATES OF POVERTY, EXPENDITURES, EXTREME POVERTY, FAMILY INCOME, FAMILY MEMBERS, FEMALE TEACHERS, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FINANCIAL PLANNING, FOOD BASKET, FOOD BUNDLE, FOOD ITEMS, FOOD NEEDS, FOOD POVERTY, FOOD POVERTY LINE, GINI COEFFICIENT, GROWTH PATTERN, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, HEADCOUNT RATIO, HEALTH BUDGET, HEALTH CARE CENTERS, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH COST, HEALTH EXPENDITURE, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH REFORMS, HEALTH RELATED PROGRAMS, HEALTH SECTOR, HOUSEHOLD BUDGET, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, ILLITERACY, ILLNESS, INCIDENCE ANALYSIS, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME GROWTH, INCOME LEVELS, INCREASING INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LIVING STANDARDS, LOW WAGES, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MALNUTRITION, MEANS TESTING, MEASURING POVERTY, MEDICAL CARE, MEDICAL TREATMENT, MEDIUM TERM, MORTALITY, NATIONAL ACCOUNTS, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY LINE, NEGATIVE IMPACT, NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE, PER CAPITA INCOME, PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS, PHARMACIES, PHARMACY, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY MEASURES, POLITICAL STABILITY, POOR, POOR BENEFICIARIES, POOR BENEFIT, POOR CHILDREN, POOR FAMILIES, POOR GROWTH STRATEGIES, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR INDIVIDUALS, POOR PEOPLE, POOR PERSON, POOR POPULATION, POOR WOMEN, POOR ­ CHILDREN, POORER FAMILIES, POPULATION SHARE, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY CHANGES, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY GAP INDEX, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY INDEX, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MAP, POVERTY MAPS, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY MONITORING SYSTEM, POVERTY OUTCOMES, POVERTY POVERTY, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER, POVERTY RISK, PREGNANCY, PRICE SUBSIDIES, PRIVATE PHARMACIES, PRIVATE TRANSFERS, PRO-POOR, PRO-POOR GROWTH, PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC HOSPITALS, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC WORKS, REDUCED POVERTY, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, REDUCTION OF POVERTY, REFORM PROGRAMS, REGIONAL AGGREGATION, REGIONAL APPROACH, REGIONAL DIFFERENCES, REGIONAL DIMENSIONS, REGIONAL INCIDENCE, REGIONAL LEVELS, REGIONAL PATTERNS, REGIONAL POLICIES, REGIONAL RESOURCES, REGIONAL VARIATION, RURAL, RURAL AREA, RURAL AREAS, RURAL ECONOMY, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POPULATIONS, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL REGION, RURAL REGIONS, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, SCHOOLING, SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION, SKILLED LABOR, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SPENDING, STANDARD DEVIATION, TARGETING, TOTAL POVERTY, TOTAL POVERTY LINE, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRANSFER PROGRAMS, ULTRA POOR, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN POOR, URBAN POVERTY, URBAN REGION, URBAN REGIONS, VACCINE COVERAGE, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WELFARE LEVEL, WELFARE MEASURE,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/11807260/republic-yemen-poverty-assessment-vol-3-4-poverty-maps
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7948
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Summary:From what was historically known as 'Arabia Felix', a land of prosperity and happiness, Yemen has become the most impoverished among the Arab countries. The government of the united Yemen, formed in 1990, has launched so far three five-year economic reform plans with the goal of restoring Yemen's prosperity. Have these efforts succeeded? What policies are needed to further reduce poverty? The poverty assessment report aims to answer these questions. This report measures poverty in Yemen in 2005-06, and evaluates the change in poverty compared to 1998, the two years for which comparable household budget surveys are available. The period between the two survey years (1998 and 2005-06), more or less overlaps the first two five-year economic plans and captures the effect of the economic reform programs launched since 1995. In addition to measuring poverty, this report has three objectives: evaluating the role of growth and past reforms on poverty, identifying better ways to target the vulnerable poor through public action, and an assessment of the poverty monitoring system. By examining the effect of the key policies on poverty, such as the petroleum price reform and the government's social protection mechanisms between 1998 and 2005-06, the study aims to equip policy makers and development partners with the knowledge needed to improve the effectiveness of their efforts to reduce poverty in Yemen.