Niger : Investing for Prosperity - A Poverty Assessment

This report examines poverty trends and distribution of the poor in this larger context, paying particular attention to the most recent past. The report contributes to our understanding of the progress made in combating poverty in three ways. First, it updates our knowledge of poverty outcomes by examining the trends in poverty and vulnerability, as well as the profile and distribution of the poor and vulnerable across the country. Second it looks at the most common shocks, and their scale and influence on the welfare of the population. Third, it highlights the progress the country has made in improving opportunities for acquiring human capital and increasing incomes in rural areas. In this respect the report examines changes in access to education and health and improvements in productivity and income in small holder agriculture. It also explores the potential impact of public investments in agriculture. The report finds that, the biggest achievement in the last decade has been the substantive improvement in opportunities to acquire human capital.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012-10
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO HOUSEHOLD, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL INCOMES, AGRICULTURAL INPUTS, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL SEASON, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES, ANNUAL GROWTH, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, AVERAGE INCOME, BASIC EDUCATION, BENEFICIARIES, CALORIC INTAKE, CASH TRANSFERS, CHANGES IN POVERTY, CHILD NUTRITION, CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY, CHRONIC POVERTY, CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE, CONSUMPTION BASKET, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA, COPING STRATEGIES, CORRELATES OF POVERTY, COVARIATE SHOCKS, CROP INCOME, CROP PRODUCTION, DATA SETS, DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY, DOMESTIC GRAIN PRODUCTION, DONOR SUPPORT, DROUGHT, DURABLE GOODS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INSECURITY, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC SECURITY, EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, ESTIMATES OF POVERTY, ESTIMATION RESULTS, EXCHANGE RATE, EXPLANATORY VARIABLES, FARM ASSETS, FARM HOUSEHOLDS, FARM LABOR, FARM PRODUCTION, FARM WORK, FARMER, FARMERS, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FOOD AID, FOOD BASKET, FOOD CROPS, FOOD EXPENDITURES, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD ITEMS, FOOD NEEDS, FOOD PRICE, FOOD PROGRAM, GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS, GINI INDEX, GROWTH RATES, HIGH POVERTY REGIONS, HOUSEHOLD BUDGET, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD INCOME DIVERSIFICATION, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HOUSING, HUMAN ASSETS, HUMAN CAPITAL, IMPACT OF SHOCKS, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME, INCOME INEQUALITY, INCOME POVERTY, INCOME REDISTRIBUTION, INCOME SHOCK, INCOME SHORTFALL, INCOME SUPPORT, INCOME VOLATILITY, INCREASED INVESTMENT, INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY REDUCTION, INSURANCE, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION EXPANSION, IRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE, LABOR FORCE, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND SIZE, LEVELS OF VULNERABILITY, LIVESTOCK INCOME, LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS, LIVING CONDITIONS, LIVING STANDARDS, MALNUTRITION, MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY, MUTUAL INSURANCE, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT, NEGATIVE IMPACT, NEGATIVE INCOME SHOCK, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE, PER CAPITA GROWTH, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL STABILITY, POOR, POOR AREAS, POOR GROUPS, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR PEOPLE, POOR REGION, POST HARVEST, POST HARVEST LOSSES, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY GAP INDEX, POVERTY HEAD, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY INDICATORS, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY OUTCOMES, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REGIONS, POVERTY STATUS, PRO POOR, PRO POOR GROWTH, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICES, PURCHASING POWER, RATIONS, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, REDUCTION OF POVERTY, REGIONAL CAPITALS, REGIONAL MARKET, REGIONAL POPULATION, REGIONAL POVERTY, REGIONAL SHARE, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL DIET, RURAL DIFFERENCES, RURAL FARM, RURAL HOUSEHOLD, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL INCOME, RURAL INCOMES, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POPULATIONS, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL PRODUCERS, RURAL REGION, RURAL RESIDENCE, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, SAFETY NET SYSTEM, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, SCHOOL FEEDING, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOLING, SECOND ROUND EFFECTS, SECTORAL COMPOSITION, SEED CERTIFICATION, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SOCIAL NORMS, SOCIAL SERVICES, SPATIAL DIFFERENCES, SPATIAL DIMENSION, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, SQUARED POVERTY GAP, TARGETING, TRADE OFFS, TRANSACTION COSTS, TRANSFER PROGRAMS, URBAN AREAS, VEGETABLES, WATER SOURCES, WEATHER INSURANCE, WEATHER RISK, WELFARE INDICATOR, WELFARE MEASURE, WIDESPREAD CONSENSUS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/17081813/niger-investing-prosperity-poverty-assessment https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12312
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