Face of Poverty in Madagascar : Poverty, Gender, and Inequality Assessment

Madagascar has been entirely unsuccessful in reducing the number of its people that are poor, or extremely so, in the ten years since 2001, when poverty was already at a very high level. This well-known conclusion draws on the analysis of three successive rounds of the national household expenditure surveys (enquete periodiques aupres des menages, EPM) conducted by the Madagascar National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) in 2001, 2005, and 2010. The objective of the analysis in this report is to document the levels and changes in poverty in Madagascar, and provide a detailed review of correlates of poverty and inequality in various dimensions, including gender, age, the structure of households, and place of residence. The report is an assessment of past poverty trends, and while policy implications are highlighted in many cases, the report is focused mainly on the descriptive, rather than prescriptive. It is found that the poverty headcount did not decrease between 2001 and 2005, rising instead from 71 to 75 percent of the population, rather than the 68 percent estimated official headcount for 2005. The methodology is described at length in the report and its annexes.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Country Gender Assessment (CGA) biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014-03
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY, ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE, ABSOLUTE TERMS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION, AGGREGATE LEVEL, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, BASIC HEALTH, BASIC HEALTHCARE, CHANGES IN POVERTY, CHARACTERISTICS OF POOR, CHILD LABOR, CONFLICT, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CONSUMPTION BASKET, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE, CONSUMPTION GROWTH, CORRELATES OF POVERTY, COUNTERFACTUAL, DATA QUALITY, DEBT RELIEF, DECLINE IN POVERTY, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, DEVELOPMENT PRACTITIONERS, DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY, DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES, DONOR AID, ECONOMIC DECLINE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATED PEOPLE, EDUCATION LEVEL, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMPLOYMENT GENERATION, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, EXCHANGE RATE, EXTREME POVERTY, EXTREME POVERTY LINE, EXTREME POVERTY LINES, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, FARM SECTOR, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FERTILITY, FIXED EFFECTS, FOOD BASKET, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD EXPENDITURE, FOOD EXPENDITURES, FOOD INTAKE, FOOD ITEMS, FOOD POVERTY, FOOD POVERTY LINE, GDP, GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS, GINI COEFFICIENT, GLOBAL ECONOMY, GROWTH PERFORMANCE, GROWTH PROCESS, GROWTH RATE, HEADCOUNT POVERTY, HEALTH EXPENDITURES, HIGH POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA, HOUSEHOLD DATA, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLITERACY, ILLNESS, INCIDENCE ANALYSIS, INCIDENCE OF DISEASE, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, INCOME, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME GAP, INCOME INEQUALITY, INCOME POVERTY, INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY MEASURES, INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, LABOR MARKET, LAND HOLDINGS, LAND TENURE, LOW INCOME, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MACROECONOMIC POLICY, MEAT, MILK, MONETARY POLICIES, NATIONAL ACCOUNTS, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY LINE, NATIONAL POVERTY LINES, NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS, OUTPUT GROWTH, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PER CAPITA GROWTH, PERVASIVE POVERTY, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POOR, POOR COUNTRIES, POOR GROWTH, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POVERTY CHANGES, POVERTY DEPTH, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE, POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LEVEL, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, POVERTY OUTCOMES, POVERTY POVERTY, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY SEVERITY, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRO-POOR, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE, RAPID GROWTH, REDUCING POVERTY, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, REDUCTION OF INEQUALITY, REDUCTION OF POVERTY, REGIONAL COMPOSITION, REGIONAL DECOMPOSITION, REGIONAL DEFLATORS, REGIONAL DIMENSION, REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION, REGIONAL POVERTY, REGIONAL TRENDS, RELATIVE POSITION, RURAL, RURAL ACCESS, RURAL AREA, RURAL AREAS, RURAL LEVEL, RURAL POPULATIONS, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL RESIDENCE, RURAL UNEMPLOYMENT, SAFETY NET, SCHOOLING, SECTORAL COMPOSITION, SELF-EMPLOYMENT, SIGNIFICANT EFFECT, SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION, SMALLHOLDER FARMS, SQUARED POVERTY GAP, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TOTAL POVERTY, TOTAL POVERTY LINE, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POOR, URBAN POVERTY, VEGETABLES, WAGE RATES, WELFARE INDICATORS, WELFARE MEASURE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19398033/madagascar-poverty-gender-inequality-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18250
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