Belarus - Poverty Assessment: Can Poverty Reduction and Access to Services Be Sustained?

Building on the strong poverty analysis conducted by the government for almost a decade, this Poverty Assessment offers a number of improvements to the methodology for measuring poverty and living conditions in Belarus and contributes an in-depth a...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES AFFORDABILITY AGED ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE WAGES BASIC EDUCATION BENEFITS INCIDENCE CALORIES PER PERSON CALORIES PER PERSON PER DAY CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD ALLOWANCES CONFLICT CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION BASKET COPING STRATEGIES COPING STRATEGY CROWDING OUT DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATION EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENERGY SUBSIDIES EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN FARMER FARMERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD GOODS FOOD PRODUCTS GDP GROWTH PROSPECTS HEADCOUNT HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SERVICES HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INEQUALITY INDEX INEQUALITY LEVELS INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INSULATION INSURANCE INTERVENTION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LAWS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOW INEQUALITY MALNUTRITION MARKETING MEANS TESTING MEASURING POVERTY MIGRATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY NEGATIVE IMPACT NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS NUTRITION PATIENTS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR AREAS POOR BENEFIT POOR HEALTH POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POORER AREAS POORER HOUSEHOLD POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ASSESSMENT TEAM POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY GAP POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION IMPACT POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY RISK POVERTY STATUS POWERLESSNESS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRO-POOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF LIFE REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION REMOTE RURAL AREAS RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS RURAL PEOPLE RURAL WORKERS SAFETY NET SAVINGS SCHOOLING SECONDARY SCHOOLS SELF-EMPLOYMENT SMOKING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SUBSISTENCE SUSTAINABLE POVERTY SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETING TAXATION TOTAL POVERTY TRANSFER PROGRAMS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL SUBSIDIES URBAN WORKERS WAGE EARNERS WAGE GROWTH WAGE RATES WORKERS WORKING POOR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/11/6589463/belarus-poverty-assessment-can-poverty-reduction-access-services-sustained http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14425

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Summary:	Building on the strong poverty analysis conducted by the government for almost a decade, this Poverty Assessment offers a number of improvements to the methodology for measuring poverty and living conditions in Belarus and contributes an in-depth analysis of the multiple dimensions of poverty-particularly the non-income dimensions (education and health). The poverty assessment also indicates concrete options for the government to strengthen its poverty reduction strategy. The main findings can be summed up as follows: Poverty has declined over time and is low compared to other transition countries. The gains in poverty reduction are shallow and fragile. A key source of economic vulnerability is administratively-set real wage growth which has outstripped productivity growth, jeopardizing the sustainability of growth and poverty reduction. The reduction of Russian energy subsidies to Belarus further affects enterprises and their ability to invest while sustaining a social subsidy in the form of high wage levels. In a high cost, low flexibility business environment, the ability of the economy to create new jobs remains elusive. It is thus important for Belarus to take the opportunity to analyze the significant underlying risks the economy faces and the uncertainties it poses for poverty reduction and growth. Income inequality has remained relatively low but significant inequalities are emerging in the ability of different groups of households to access education and health services. The performance-enhancing reforms in education, health and social protection which Belarus has embarked on are in the right direction. These reforms need to be deepened, however, in order to generate the efficiency gains (savings) that can be redirected towards addressing equity concerns. Belarus' poverty monitoring and analysis system has potential to be a "good practice" model for the region.

Belarus - Poverty Assessment: Can Poverty Reduction and Access to Services Be Sustained?

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