Liberia Poverty Note : Tracking the Dimensions of Poverty

Poor governance and nearly fifteen years of brutal conflict have made Liberia one of the poorest countries in the world. An important objective for the democratically elected government of post-conflict Liberia is to reduce poverty. As part of its...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO FOOD ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO SCHOOLS ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SECTORS ALL-SEASON ROADS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ARABLE LAND ASSET HOLDINGS BASIC HEALTH BASIC HEALTH SERVICES CASH TRANSFERS CENTRAL REGION CHANGES IN POVERTY CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CHRONIC POVERTY CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL WAR COMMUNITY RESOURCES CONFLICT CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS CONTRACEPTIVE USE CORRELATES OF POVERTY DECLINE IN FERTILITY DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT PLANS DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY DISCRIMINATION DRINKING WATER DROP IN POVERTY EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXTENDED FAMILY EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FIRST MARRIAGE FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE FOOD IMPORTS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOOD SHARE GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER GAP IN EDUCATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL INCOME HEALTH CENTERS HIGH FERTILITY RATE HIGHER INEQUALITY HIV HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SUPPORT INDICATORS OF POVERTY INEQUALITY INFORMATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PREPARATION LAND SIZE LAND TENURE LEVEL OF POVERTY LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVESTOCK ASSETS LIVESTOCK OWNERSHIP LIVING STANDARDS LOW WAGES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MALE PARTICIPATION MARITAL STATUS MATERNAL MORTALITY MEANS TESTING MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MILITARY PERSONNEL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOBILE CLINICS MOTHER NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT NUTRITION OLD AGE PEACE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PHYSICAL HEALTH POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSIS POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR FAMILIES POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POOR WOMEN POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES POST-HARVEST LOSSES POTABLE WATER POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY DATA POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEAD POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY SEVERITY POVERTY STATUS PROGRESS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS QUALITATIVE DATA QUALITY OF EDUCATION REGIONAL STUDIES REMOTE AREAS RESPECT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL ECONOMIC GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL REGION RURAL ROADS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SECONDARY SCHOOLS SEX SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUALLY ACTIVE SHEEP SMALL FARMERS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL RETURNS SOCIAL SERVICES SUBSISTENCE SUSU TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TERTIARY EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNMARRIED WOMEN URBAN AREAS URBAN ENVIRONMENTS URBAN REGION USE OF CONTRACEPTION USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES VITAL STATISTICS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VULNERABILITY WAR WATER FOR IRRIGATION WELFARE INDICATOR WOMAN WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/17171660/liberia-tracking-dimensions-poverty-poverty-note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12320

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Summary:	Poor governance and nearly fifteen years of brutal conflict have made Liberia one of the poorest countries in the world. An important objective for the democratically elected government of post-conflict Liberia is to reduce poverty. As part of its long-term vision plan, the Government is preparing a second Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) to set out its medium-term approach to poverty reduction. The current climate of peace and security, as well as continued improvements in the economy, offer the Government a unique opportunity to improve on the gains that it has made in reducing poverty under its previous PRS. However, as cross-country evidence has shown, growth alone is not sufficient for poverty reduction. The Government must also take steps to break the cycle of chronic poverty by ensuring that the poor are given opportunities and support to emerge from poverty, and that those who have emerged from poverty do not fall back into poverty. This poverty note is intended to assist the Government in formulating evidence based policies aimed at poverty reduction. This policy note draws from rich information provided by the 2007 and 2010 Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaires (CWIQs). It also benefits from qualitative data from a relatively large number of focus groups on gender and youth. In addition, the note benefits from the analysis contained in the 2011 human opportunities report for Liberia, which focuses in particular on access to education.

Liberia Poverty Note : Tracking the Dimensions of Poverty

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