Romania : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2. Background Papers

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Romania : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2. Background Papers

This poverty assessment for Romania covers the period from 1995 to 2002, since the last World Bank poverty analysis reviewed the evolution of poverty from 1989 to 1994, the early years of transition from a socialist to a market economy. This assessment's objective is to understand how poverty has evolved and how economic growth and social protection programs, 10 percent of GDP, have affected poverty, as Romania prepares for accession to the European Union. The paper focuses on monetary dimensions of well-being, or consumption, to inform the policy dialogue in Romania on the extent and dynamics of poverty. The results are based on two comparable, nationally representative surveys: (i) the Romanian Household Budget Survey (ABF, upon its Romanian acronym) for the period 2001- 2002; and (ii) the Integrated Household Survey (AIG) for the period 1995-2000. Other dimensions of deprivations have been captured for 2002 using the Living Conditions Survey (ACOVI). While concentrating on monetary poverty, the paper captures dimensions of material poverty such as caloric intake; crowding and living conditions, and ownership of essential durables. In addition, it assesses poverty defined as capability to function in society, or adequate level of investments in health or education, or the lack of unemployment. Finally, the report reviews community poverty and perceptions of poverty. First, the changing economic structure is briefly described, as is the evolution of macroeconomic management. Second, the assessment is fitted into the context of the broader Bank program of analysis and lending. The rest of the paper is arranged as follows: a poverty profile (Chapter 2), an analysis of the impact of growth on poverty (Chapter 3), of labor force participation, unemployment and poverty (Chapter 4) and of social protection and poverty (Chapter 5). Detailed background papers are provided in Volume 2.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2003-09-30
Subjects:	POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, VULNERABILITY, MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS, CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA, POVERTY INDICATORS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO HEATH CARE, SERVICE DELIVERY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS, SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, TARGETING, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INDICATORS, SOCIAL CAPITAL, COMMUNITY SELF HELP, COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT ABSOLUTE POVERTY, ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE, ANNUAL SAMPLE, AVAILABLE DATA, AVERAGE CONSUMPTION, BASIC NEEDS, BASIC NEEDS METHOD, CALORIC INTAKE, CHRONIC ILLNESS, COMMODITIES, COMMUNITY NETWORKS, COMMUNITY POVERTY, CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTION, CONSUMPTION INFORMATION, CONSUMPTION LEVEL, CONSUMPTION NEEDS, CONSUMPTION POVERTY, CPI, CROWDING, DATA AVAILABILITY, DATA QUALITY, DATA SETS, DATA SOURCES, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DURABLE GOODS, ECONOMIC COOPERATION, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EFFECTIVE USE, ELDERLY LIVING, EMPLOYMENT, EQUIVALENCE SCALE, EQUIVALENCE SCALES, EQUIVALENT CONSUMPTION, EXPENDITURES, EXTREME POVERTY, FARM HOUSEHOLDS, FOOD COMPONENT, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD CONSUMPTION MODULE, FOOD NEEDS, FOOD POVERTY, FOOD POVERTY LINE, FOOD REQUIREMENTS, GDP, GROUPS, HEADCOUNT INDEX, HEADCOUNT RATIO, HEALTH SERVICES, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD KEEP TRACK, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS, HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONNAIRE, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSING POVERTY, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SECTOR UNIT, INCOME, INFLATION, INFORMAL ACTIVITIES, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE SURVEY, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET ACTIVITIES, LITERACY, LIVING CONDITIONS, LIVING STANDARDS, MATERIAL WELL-BEING, MEAN DISTANCE, MILLION PEOPLE, MINIMAL FOOD NEEDS, MINIMUM INCOME GUARANTEE, NATIONAL AVERAGE, NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT, NATIONAL ESTIMATES, NATIONAL LEVEL, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL DEFICIT, NUTRITIONAL INTAKE, NUTRITIONAL NORMS, NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PER CAPITA POVERTY LINE, POLICY DIALOGUE, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POVERTY, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY HEADCOUNT, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY SEVERITY, POVERTY STATISTICS, PUBLIC ACTION, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC UTILITIES, PURCHASING POWER, REPRESENTATIVE SURVEY, RURAL AREAS, RURAL INHABITANTS, RURAL POVERTY, SAVINGS, SOCIAL INCLUSION, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SQUARED POVERTY GAP, STANDARD ERRORS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT UNIT, TASK TEAM LEADERS, TRAINED INTERVIEWERS, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POOR, URBAN PRICES, USE VALUE, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WAGES, WELFARE AGGREGATE, WELFARE COMPARISONS, WELFARE INDICATOR, WELFARE MEASURE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/09/2637114/romania-poverty-assessment-vol-2-2-background-papers https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14700
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