Ecuador : Crisis, Poverty and Social Services, Volume 1. Main Document

Over the past decade, Ecuador has suffered natural disasters, political instability, and financial crises. These events have occurred in the context of already low economic growth and high income inequality and poverty and have exposed the poor to...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Public Expenditure Review
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGED CANCER CAPITAL FORMATION CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEBT DECISION MAKING DISASTERS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ESCAPE POVERTY EXCHANGE RATE EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FOOD POVERTY LINE HEALTH CARE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVED ACCESS INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SUPPORT INFLATION LINE MANAGERS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LONG TERM MACROECONOMIC CRISIS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MOTHERS NATIONAL SYSTEM NEW POOR NUTRITION PARENTS POLICY OPTIONS POOR CHILDREN POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY HEADCOUNT PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRICE SUBSIDIES PRIVATE SECTORS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RURAL AREAS RURAL POOR SAFETY SAFETY NET SANITARY CONDITIONS SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SHORT TERM SIBLINGS SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL PARTICIPATION SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL REFORM SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETING TRADEOFFS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POOR VULNERABLE GROUPS POVERTY REDUCTION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INCOME INEQUALITIES RURAL POVERTY CHILDREN IN POVERTY POOR WOMEN ECONOMIC CRISIS SOCIAL SERVICES ACCESS UNIVERSAL SOCIAL PROTECTION TARGETED ASSISTANCE VULNERABLE GROUPS AGED ADULTS HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT QUALITY OF EDUCATION SOCIAL SECTOR INVESTMENT
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spelling	okr-10986-151042021-04-23T14:03:15Z Ecuador : Crisis, Poverty and Social Services, Volume 1. Main Document World Bank AGED CANCER CAPITAL FORMATION CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEBT DECISION MAKING DISASTERS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ESCAPE POVERTY EXCHANGE RATE EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FOOD POVERTY LINE HEALTH CARE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVED ACCESS INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SUPPORT INFLATION LINE MANAGERS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LONG TERM MACROECONOMIC CRISIS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MOTHERS NATIONAL SYSTEM NEW POOR NUTRITION PARENTS POLICY OPTIONS POOR CHILDREN POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY HEADCOUNT PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRICE SUBSIDIES PRIVATE SECTORS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RURAL AREAS RURAL POOR SAFETY SAFETY NET SANITARY CONDITIONS SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SHORT TERM SIBLINGS SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL PARTICIPATION SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL REFORM SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETING TRADEOFFS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POOR VULNERABLE GROUPS POVERTY REDUCTION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INCOME INEQUALITIES RURAL POVERTY CHILDREN IN POVERTY POOR WOMEN PREGNANT WOMEN ECONOMIC CRISIS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SERVICES ACCESS UNIVERSAL SOCIAL PROTECTION TARGETED ASSISTANCE CASH TRANSFERS VULNERABLE GROUPS AGED ADULTS HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT QUALITY OF EDUCATION SOCIAL SECTOR INVESTMENT Over the past decade, Ecuador has suffered natural disasters, political instability, and financial crises. These events have occurred in the context of already low economic growth and high income inequality and poverty and have exposed the poor to the risk of irreversible losses of assets, including human capital. This paper updates our knowledge of poverty in Ecuador. Chapter 1 describes the high poverty and income inequality in Ecuador, and how both poverty and inequality have been increasing in recent years. Chapter 2 describes the current crisis, the effect of the crisis on the poor and the near-poor, and Government stabilization in response to the crisis. Chapter 3 focuses on the provision of basic public services of nutrition, health, and education to the poor. Chapter 4 reviews those public sector programs specifically targeted on the poor. It begins with the Bono Solidario, and then reviews programs that benefit each of the especially vulnerable groups among the poor. It ends with an assessment of social infrastructure program which have the potential to generate employment. Chapter 5 examines policy options to provide income support, to prevent irreversible physical and mental losses and losses in human capital. Finally, Chapter 6 estimates the cost of implementing the strategy discussed in the previous chapters, and assesses the possibilities of financing the strategy within the Government's expected social sector resource envelope. 2013-08-15T22:51:08Z 2013-08-15T22:51:08Z 2000-06-26 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/443562/ecuador-crisis-poverty-social-services-vol-1-2-main-document http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15104 English en_US Public expenditure review (PER); CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Public Expenditure Review Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Ecuador
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topic	AGED CANCER CAPITAL FORMATION CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEBT DECISION MAKING DISASTERS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ESCAPE POVERTY EXCHANGE RATE EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FOOD POVERTY LINE HEALTH CARE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVED ACCESS INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SUPPORT INFLATION LINE MANAGERS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LONG TERM MACROECONOMIC CRISIS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MOTHERS NATIONAL SYSTEM NEW POOR NUTRITION PARENTS POLICY OPTIONS POOR CHILDREN POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY HEADCOUNT PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRICE SUBSIDIES PRIVATE SECTORS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RURAL AREAS RURAL POOR SAFETY SAFETY NET SANITARY CONDITIONS SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SHORT TERM SIBLINGS SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL PARTICIPATION SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL REFORM SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETING TRADEOFFS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POOR VULNERABLE GROUPS POVERTY REDUCTION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INCOME INEQUALITIES RURAL POVERTY CHILDREN IN POVERTY POOR WOMEN PREGNANT WOMEN ECONOMIC CRISIS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SERVICES ACCESS UNIVERSAL SOCIAL PROTECTION TARGETED ASSISTANCE CASH TRANSFERS VULNERABLE GROUPS AGED ADULTS HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT QUALITY OF EDUCATION SOCIAL SECTOR INVESTMENT
spellingShingle	AGED CANCER CAPITAL FORMATION CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD LABOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEBT DECISION MAKING DISASTERS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION ESCAPE POVERTY EXCHANGE RATE EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FOOD POVERTY LINE HEALTH CARE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVED ACCESS INCIDENCE ANALYSIS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SUPPORT INFLATION LINE MANAGERS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARD LIVING STANDARDS LONG TERM MACROECONOMIC CRISIS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MOTHERS NATIONAL SYSTEM NEW POOR NUTRITION PARENTS POLICY OPTIONS POOR CHILDREN POOR COMMUNITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY HEADCOUNT PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PRICE SUBSIDIES PRIVATE SECTORS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RURAL AREAS RURAL POOR SAFETY SAFETY NET SANITARY CONDITIONS SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SHORT TERM SIBLINGS SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL PARTICIPATION SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL REFORM SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARGETING TRADEOFFS UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POOR VULNERABLE GROUPS POVERTY REDUCTION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INCOME INEQUALITIES RURAL POVERTY CHILDREN IN POVERTY POOR WOMEN PREGNANT WOMEN ECONOMIC CRISIS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SERVICES ACCESS UNIVERSAL SOCIAL PROTECTION TARGETED ASSISTANCE CASH TRANSFERS VULNERABLE GROUPS AGED ADULTS HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT QUALITY OF EDUCATION SOCIAL SECTOR INVESTMENT World Bank Ecuador : Crisis, Poverty and Social Services, Volume 1. Main Document
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description	Over the past decade, Ecuador has suffered natural disasters, political instability, and financial crises. These events have occurred in the context of already low economic growth and high income inequality and poverty and have exposed the poor to the risk of irreversible losses of assets, including human capital. This paper updates our knowledge of poverty in Ecuador. Chapter 1 describes the high poverty and income inequality in Ecuador, and how both poverty and inequality have been increasing in recent years. Chapter 2 describes the current crisis, the effect of the crisis on the poor and the near-poor, and Government stabilization in response to the crisis. Chapter 3 focuses on the provision of basic public services of nutrition, health, and education to the poor. Chapter 4 reviews those public sector programs specifically targeted on the poor. It begins with the Bono Solidario, and then reviews programs that benefit each of the especially vulnerable groups among the poor. It ends with an assessment of social infrastructure program which have the potential to generate employment. Chapter 5 examines policy options to provide income support, to prevent irreversible physical and mental losses and losses in human capital. Finally, Chapter 6 estimates the cost of implementing the strategy discussed in the previous chapters, and assesses the possibilities of financing the strategy within the Government's expected social sector resource envelope.
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title	Ecuador : Crisis, Poverty and Social Services, Volume 1. Main Document
title_short	Ecuador : Crisis, Poverty and Social Services, Volume 1. Main Document
title_full	Ecuador : Crisis, Poverty and Social Services, Volume 1. Main Document
title_fullStr	Ecuador : Crisis, Poverty and Social Services, Volume 1. Main Document
title_full_unstemmed	Ecuador : Crisis, Poverty and Social Services, Volume 1. Main Document
title_sort	ecuador : crisis, poverty and social services, volume 1. main document
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/443562/ecuador-crisis-poverty-social-services-vol-1-2-main-document http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15104
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