Republic of Fiji - Poverty Trends, Profiles and Small Area Estimation (Poverty Maps) in Republic of Fiji (2003-2009)

This report presents a detailed analysis of household poverty and its drivers - family, labor and human capital outcomes, social assistance transfers, and geography - based on new expenditure based poverty measures. The report is the culmination of a comprehensive year-long Aus AID funded collaboration between the Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics (FIBOS) and the World Bank to develop new poverty measures and maps that produce poverty estimates at highly disaggregated levels. The report draws on the last two rounds of Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) (from 2002-3 and 2007-8) as well as the national census of 2007. According to the expenditure based estimates developed in this report, in 2008/09 just over a third of the Fijian population lived in poverty. Poverty in Fiji is driven by multiple factors. The report presents the first national level poverty maps created for Fiji and in the Pacific using the national census, which provides a powerful visual depiction of poverty pockets that can help to ensure that anti-poverty programs reach the poor.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2011-09-15
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, ANNUAL GROWTH, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, ANTI-POVERTY, AVERAGE GROWTH, CAPACITY BUILDING, CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM, CHANGES IN POVERTY, CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE, CONSUMPTION BASKET, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA, CONSUMPTION POVERTY, CONSUMPTION QUINTILES, CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING, CORRELATES OF POVERTY, COST OF FOOD, DECLINE IN POVERTY, DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY, DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, DIRECT BENEFICIARIES, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION LEVEL, ELDERLY HOUSEHOLDS, ELDERLY PEOPLE, ELIGIBILITY, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, ESTIMATES OF POVERTY, ESTIMATION METHOD, EXCHANGE RATE, EXPLANATORY VARIABLES, EXTREME POVERTY, FAMILY ASSISTANCE, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FOOD BASKET, FOOD BUNDLE, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD EXPENDITURE, FOOD EXPENDITURES, FOOD GOODS, FOOD ITEMS, FOOD NEEDS, FOOD POVERTY, FOOD POVERTY LINE, FOOD PRICES, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD REQUIREMENTS, GDP, GEOGRAPHICAL REGION, GINI COEFFICIENT, GROWTH RATE, HEADCOUNT POVERTY, HEADCOUNT RATIO, HEALTH EXPENDITURES, HIGH GROWTH, HIGH POVERTY, HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLD WELFARE, HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INCIDENCE ANALYSIS, INCOME GROUPS, INCOME POVERTY, INDICATOR OF POVERTY, INEQUALITY, INSURANCE, LABOR FORCE, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LITERACY, LIVING STANDARDS, LOW INCOME, MEAN EXPENDITURE, MEAN GROWTH, MEAT, MILK, NATIONAL ACCOUNTS, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT, NUTRITION, OLD AGE, PARTICIPATION OF BENEFICIARIES, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE, POLICY ISSUES, POLICY OPTIONS, POOR, POOR PEOPLE, POVERTY ANALYSIS, POVERTY ASSESSMENT, POVERTY CHANGE, POVERTY DECLINE, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE, POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY INDICATORS, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MAP, POVERTY MAPPING, POVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGY, POVERTY MAPS, POVERTY MEASURE, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY PROFILE, POVERTY PROFILES, POVERTY PROGRAMS, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY STATUS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRO-POOR, RAPID GROWTH, REDUCING POVERTY, REDUCTION IN POVERTY, REGIONAL DISPARITIES, REGIONAL DIVERGENCE, REGIONAL LEVEL, REGIONAL PLANNING, REGIONAL PRICE, REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT, REMOTE AREAS, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL FARMERS, RURAL FEMALE, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL PRICES, SAFETY NET, SAVINGS, SCHOOLING, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SPATIAL ANALYSIS, SPATIAL DIMENSION, SPATIAL DISPERSION, SQUARED POVERTY GAP, SQUATTER SETTLEMENT, STANDARD OF LIVING, SUBSISTENCE, TARGETING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TOTAL POVERTY, TOTAL POVERTY LINE, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POVERTY, VEGETABLES, VOUCHERS, WELFARE INDICATOR, WELFARE PROGRAMS,
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20111102005822 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2791
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