Serbia and Montenegro : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Executive Summary
This Poverty Assessment is the first output of a multi-year program adopted by the World Bank to assist the Governments of Serbia and Montenegro in the development and implementation of their Poverty Reduction Strategies. The program relies on col...
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ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINES ANALYTICAL WORK AVAILABLE DATA AVERAGE POVERTY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPACITY BUILDING CHRONIC POVERTY CLIMATE CONSUMPTION PATTERNS DATA COLLECTION DEBT DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE DEMOGRAPHICS DISCRIMINATION DURABLE GOODS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC MEMORANDUM ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENTITLEMENTS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXCHANGE RATE EXCLUSION ERRORS EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FISCAL POLICIES FOOD BASKET FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD SECURITY GDP GENDER EQUITY GINI INDEX HEALTH HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HOUSING CONDITIONS HOUSING POVERTY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN WELFARE ILLITERACY IMPORTS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME POVERTY INFLATION INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATION INSTITUTIONALIZATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL RESEARCHERS MARKET EXCHANGE MEASURED POVERTY MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES NUTRITION OUTPUT DECLINE PENSION SYSTEM POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY ISSUES POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POPULATION POPULATION GROUP POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ASSESSMENT WORK POVERTY DEPTH POVERTY FOCUS POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY RISK POVERTY RISKS POVERTY WORK PRIVATE SECTOR PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PRODUCERS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC ACTION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION PUBLIC SERVICES REFORM PROGRAM REFUGEES REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS REGIONAL DISPARITIES RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SAFETY NET SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION STANDARD OF LIVING STATISTICAL OFFICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TAX REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGES POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MONITORING VULNERABLE GROUPS SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED SOCIAL ISOLATION RURAL POVERTY INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE EXTERNAL SHOCKS ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT UNEMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE QUALITY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT EMPLOYMENT GENERATION GOVERNANCE STRUCTURAL REFORMS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS |
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ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINES ANALYTICAL WORK AVAILABLE DATA AVERAGE POVERTY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPACITY BUILDING CHRONIC POVERTY CLIMATE CONSUMPTION PATTERNS DATA COLLECTION DEBT DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE DEMOGRAPHICS DISCRIMINATION DURABLE GOODS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC MEMORANDUM ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENTITLEMENTS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXCHANGE RATE EXCLUSION ERRORS EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FISCAL POLICIES FOOD BASKET FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD SECURITY GDP GENDER EQUITY GINI INDEX HEALTH HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HOUSING CONDITIONS HOUSING POVERTY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN WELFARE ILLITERACY IMPORTS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME POVERTY INFLATION INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATION INSTITUTIONALIZATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL RESEARCHERS MARKET EXCHANGE MEASURED POVERTY MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES NUTRITION OUTPUT DECLINE PENSION SYSTEM POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY ISSUES POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POPULATION POPULATION GROUP POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ASSESSMENT WORK POVERTY DEPTH POVERTY FOCUS POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY RISK POVERTY RISKS POVERTY WORK PRIVATE SECTOR PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PRODUCERS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC ACTION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION PUBLIC SERVICES REFORM PROGRAM REFUGEES REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS REGIONAL DISPARITIES RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SAFETY NET SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION STANDARD OF LIVING STATISTICAL OFFICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TAX REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGES POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MONITORING VULNERABLE GROUPS SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED SOCIAL ISOLATION RURAL POVERTY INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE EXTERNAL SHOCKS ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT UNEMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE QUALITY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT EMPLOYMENT GENERATION GOVERNANCE STRUCTURAL REFORMS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS World Bank Serbia and Montenegro : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Executive Summary |
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This Poverty Assessment is the first
output of a multi-year program adopted by the World Bank to
assist the Governments of Serbia and Montenegro in the
development and implementation of their Poverty Reduction
Strategies. The program relies on collaboration in joint
data production and analysis. Based on data collected in
2002, the report finds that absolute material poverty
affects every tenth person in both Serbia and Montenegro.
From an historical standpoint, this is a very high
incidence. Inequality remained moderate by regional
standards, and as a result poverty is shallow. At the same
time vulnerability--or exposure to negative shocks and
inability to cope with them-- threatens many currently
non-poor individuals. At least as many suffer from
deprivation in other dimensions of well being, such as
health, education, housing, social inclusion or property
rights. Material poverty, therefore, is not the only
challenge for the Governments. Four factors are most
strongly related to poverty: low education attainment;
joblessness; the location in rural areas and depressed
regions, and the presence of socially disadvantaged members
(such as internally displaced persons or Roma). The poor are
found to face serious problems of access to public services
(health, education, sanitation) and suffer
disproportionately from the deterioration in the quality of
public service provision. Even though some of the social
assistance programs are among the best targeted programs in
the region, the social protection system as a whole suffers
from large exclusion errors. Given the high level of
vulnerability of the population and the shallowness of
poverty, a broad-based growth strategy that ensures that the
benefits accrue at least proportionately to the poor is
central for accelerated poverty reduction. Improvements in
the business climate will stimulate private sector growth
and feed into employment generation. Growth will increase
fiscal revenues to remedy the problems of chronic under
funding, while structural and public administration reforms
will strengthen the governance and the quality of services
provided to the poor. The multidimensional nature of poverty
requires concerted and well coordinated action in different
sectors. The report is organized in two volumes. Volume One
(Executive summary) summarizes the Report content. Volume
Two (Main report) provides detailed results of poverty
analysis. Due to data limitations the sectoral part of the
main report covers Serbia in greater details. An analysis of
available data for Montenegro is presented in a background paper. |
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Serbia and Montenegro : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Executive Summary |
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Serbia and Montenegro : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Executive Summary |
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okr-10986-146602021-04-23T14:03:17Z Serbia and Montenegro : Poverty Assessment, Volume 1. Executive Summary World Bank ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINES ANALYTICAL WORK AVAILABLE DATA AVERAGE POVERTY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPACITY BUILDING CHRONIC POVERTY CLIMATE CONSUMPTION PATTERNS DATA COLLECTION DEBT DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE DEMOGRAPHICS DISCRIMINATION DURABLE GOODS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC MEMORANDUM ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS ENTITLEMENTS ETHNIC MINORITIES EXCHANGE RATE EXCLUSION ERRORS EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FISCAL POLICIES FOOD BASKET FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD SECURITY GDP GENDER EQUITY GINI INDEX HEALTH HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HOUSING CONDITIONS HOUSING POVERTY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN WELFARE ILLITERACY IMPORTS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME POVERTY INFLATION INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATION INSTITUTIONALIZATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL RESEARCHERS MARKET EXCHANGE MEASURED POVERTY MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES NUTRITION OUTPUT DECLINE PENSION SYSTEM POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY ISSUES POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POPULATION POPULATION GROUP POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ASSESSMENT WORK POVERTY DEPTH POVERTY FOCUS POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY RISK POVERTY RISKS POVERTY WORK PRIVATE SECTOR PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PRODUCERS PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC ACTION PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION PUBLIC SERVICES REFORM PROGRAM REFUGEES REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS REGIONAL DISPARITIES RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SAFETY NET SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION STANDARD OF LIVING STATISTICAL OFFICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TAX REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGES POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MONITORING VULNERABLE GROUPS SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED SOCIAL ISOLATION RURAL POVERTY INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE EXTERNAL SHOCKS ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT UNEMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE QUALITY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT EMPLOYMENT GENERATION GOVERNANCE STRUCTURAL REFORMS ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS This Poverty Assessment is the first output of a multi-year program adopted by the World Bank to assist the Governments of Serbia and Montenegro in the development and implementation of their Poverty Reduction Strategies. The program relies on collaboration in joint data production and analysis. Based on data collected in 2002, the report finds that absolute material poverty affects every tenth person in both Serbia and Montenegro. From an historical standpoint, this is a very high incidence. Inequality remained moderate by regional standards, and as a result poverty is shallow. At the same time vulnerability--or exposure to negative shocks and inability to cope with them-- threatens many currently non-poor individuals. At least as many suffer from deprivation in other dimensions of well being, such as health, education, housing, social inclusion or property rights. Material poverty, therefore, is not the only challenge for the Governments. Four factors are most strongly related to poverty: low education attainment; joblessness; the location in rural areas and depressed regions, and the presence of socially disadvantaged members (such as internally displaced persons or Roma). The poor are found to face serious problems of access to public services (health, education, sanitation) and suffer disproportionately from the deterioration in the quality of public service provision. Even though some of the social assistance programs are among the best targeted programs in the region, the social protection system as a whole suffers from large exclusion errors. Given the high level of vulnerability of the population and the shallowness of poverty, a broad-based growth strategy that ensures that the benefits accrue at least proportionately to the poor is central for accelerated poverty reduction. Improvements in the business climate will stimulate private sector growth and feed into employment generation. Growth will increase fiscal revenues to remedy the problems of chronic under funding, while structural and public administration reforms will strengthen the governance and the quality of services provided to the poor. The multidimensional nature of poverty requires concerted and well coordinated action in different sectors. The report is organized in two volumes. Volume One (Executive summary) summarizes the Report content. Volume Two (Main report) provides detailed results of poverty analysis. Due to data limitations the sectoral part of the main report covers Serbia in greater details. An analysis of available data for Montenegro is presented in a background paper. 2013-07-30T16:36:24Z 2013-07-30T16:36:24Z 2003-11-13 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/2811414/serbia-montenegro-poverty-assessment-vol-1-2-executive-summary http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14660 English en CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Serbia |