Jordan : Poverty Assessment Executive Summary, Volume 1

This report assesses poverty in Jordan in 2002-03, and examines the changes that have occurred since 1997 as a result of economic growth and the income distribution policies of the Government of Jordan. The study concludes that poverty declined in...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCEPTANCE ACCOUNTABILITY ADULT LITERACY AGE GROUP AGREEMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL INCOMES ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE POVERTY AVERAGE POVERTY LINE BASIC EDUCATION BENEFICIARIES BUDGET DEFICIT BUDGET DEFICITS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUYING CAPITA GROWTH CAPITA PER YEAR CHILD LABOR CHILD MORTALITY CHILDREN IN POVERTY CHRONIC POVERTY CHRONICALLY POOR CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY CONSTRUCTION CONSUMER CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION INEQUALITY COPING STRATEGIES COUNTERPART CURRENCY DATA SETS DEBT LEVELS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS DEVELOPMENT PROCESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS DIVIDENDS DROPOUT RATE EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC SITUATION EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS EXPENDITURES EXTERNAL DEBT EXTERNAL FACTORS EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION FIRST GRADE FISCAL REFORMS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD ITEMS FOOD POLICY FOOD POLICY RESEARCH FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOREIGN AID GDP GENDER GEOGRAPHIC SPREAD GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SURVEYS HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTY HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT ILLITERACY IMPACT MONITORING IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPORT TARIFFS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DIMENSION INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME FLUCTUATIONS INCOME GAINS INCOME GROUPS INCOME GROWTH INCOME QUINTILE INDICES INEQUALITY INFANT LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LEGAL STATUS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH LITERACY CAMPAIGNS LITERACY RATE LIVELIHOODS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MALE- HEADED HOUSEHOLDS MEDIUM TERM MONITORING SYSTEM MORTALITY RATES NATIONAL AVERAGE NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS NATIONS NEGATIVE SHOCKS NET EFFECT NON-INCOME DIMENSIONS NORTH AFRICA NUTRITION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME PER-CAPITA INCOME POLICY CHANGES POLICY CHOICES POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY INITIATIVES POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR FAMILIES POOR WOMEN POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ALLEVIATION EFFORTS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY MONITORING POVERTY MONITORING SYSTEMS POVERTY PROJECTIONS POVERTY RATES POVERTY RATIO POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETS POVERTY SEVERITY PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PRIVATE INVESTMENTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM QUALITY EDUCATION REAL INCOME REAL INTEREST RATES REDISTRIBUTION POLICIES REDUCED POVERTY REFORM EFFORTS REMITTANCES REMOTE AREAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE RICH COUNTRIES RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION SAFETY NET SAVINGS SEVERE POVERTY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SKILL SKILL LEVEL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL MOBILITY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS SOCIAL SAFETY SOCIAL SAFETY NETS STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARGETING TERMS OF TRADE TOWNS TRAINING TRANSFERS TRANSLATION TRANSPARENCY UNEMPLOYED PERSONS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNIVERSITY GRADUATES URBAN AREAS URBAN GAP URBAN POOR VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT WAGES WAR WEALTH WORKING POOR YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/12/6338769/jordan-poverty-assessment-vol-1-2-executive-summary http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14555

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Summary:	This report assesses poverty in Jordan in 2002-03, and examines the changes that have occurred since 1997 as a result of economic growth and the income distribution policies of the Government of Jordan. The study concludes that poverty declined in Jordan in that time period, no matter which poverty line one chooses to use, and was made possible with an equally remarkable growth in per capita private consumption, in which the poor participated, at about 3.5 percent a year. The fast rise in private consumption appears to be due to a recovery in consumption trends that is mainly policy driven. The report, however, identifies some concerns about the sustainability of poverty reduction, and recommends that long-term policy focus more on regional imbalances in development; improve access of the poor in education, health, and jobs; plug the leakage in government transfer programs; and institute poverty monitoring systems for timely remedial action.

Jordan : Poverty Assessment Executive Summary, Volume 1

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