This note provides an overview of
demographic changes and their policy implications in
Armenia, with particular reference to the poor. Armenia is
currently experiencing...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 63154Date: July 29, 2011
Panama is one of the richest and fastest
growing economies in Latin America; however it is considered
a country of stark contrasts and, for some of its citizens,
abysmal...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 62955Date: June 30, 2011
Based on the significant existing
research literature, one may conclude that economic growth
is a key to reducing poverty. Economic growth is important
in improving...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 76508Date: June 28, 2011
This report has been prepared by the
World Bank based on data of the Kyrgyz Integrated Household
Survey (KIHS) for 2008, which was collected by the National
Statistical...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 76509Date: June 28, 2011
These briefs provide statistics on 39
socio-economic indicators encompassing several dimensions of
wellbeing, including poverty and inequality, food security,
labor...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 63872Date: June 1, 2011
This poverty profile has been prepared
as part of the World Bank's Sudan poverty assessment.
The poverty assessment is being prepared with the key
objective of informing...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 69251Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Demombynes, Gabriel
This report provides technical
assistance and capacity building on the poverty measurement
methodology of the Paraguayan government. The report makes
several policy...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 58638Date: December 1, 2010
The objective of this assessment of the
Philippine Statistical Development Plan (PSDP) is to provide
recommendations on how to improve the preparation,
implementation,...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 58616Date: June 1, 2010
Lesotho began a structural economic
transformation in the early 1990s. The transformation has
brought higher, more secure incomes to households while the
government...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 46297Date: June 1, 2010
The objective of this assessment of the
Philippine Statistical Development Plan (PSDP) is to provide
recommendations on how to improve the preparation,
implementation,...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 58616Date: June 1, 2010
Section one provides a brief background
on the recent macroeconomic developments, starting with the
immediate positive past, the growth payoffs in terms of
poverty reduction...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 51847Date: December 7, 2009
Despite Tajikistan's sustained
economic growth of the past few years and the country's
notable achievements, poverty and low standards of living
remain a pressing problem...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 51341Date: December 3, 2009
This poverty assessment report is based
upon pre-crisis data for the period 2002-2006. Though some
may have reservations that this information base is not well
suited...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 48510Date: November 19, 2009
Since 1947, the Vietnam Social Security
(VSS) has provided social insurance to public servants and
armed forces personnel in Vietnam. In 1995, the Government
merged...
The study merged two databases: the
database on patients' visits collected for claim
control and reimbursement purpose and, the database on the
insured that is used...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 64275Date: May 15, 2009Author:
Castel,Paulette
This assessment of poverty and
inequality comes at an important juncture for Kenya. The
December 2007 elections and subsequent pronouncements of the
newly formed Grand...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 44190Date: April 1, 2009
This report presents a comprehensive
analysis of poverty and its main determinants using the most
recent 2007 Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) data.
It provides...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 44400Date: April 1, 2009
This report is organized into three
sections with seven chapters. The first section assesses
poverty levels and changes over time within Guatemala and
compares both...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 43920Date: March 18, 2009
The study starts with a classification
of the enterprises depending on their participation to the
Vietnam social security. Among the enterprises that
contribute, one...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 64274Date: March 12, 2009Author:
Castel,Paulette ;
Thanh, Trung
China's progress in poverty
reduction over the last 25 years is enviable. One cannot
fail to be impressed by what this vast nation of 1.3 billion
people has achieved...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 47349Date: March 5, 2009
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