The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2

This poverty assessment, focuses on three areas. The first is an update of the poverty profile, who are the poor in Latvia in 1998 and what determines their low level of income. The second looks at the labor market: determinants of earnings, and un...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	POVERTY MITIGATION LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS LABOR MARKETS SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR DEMAND POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATES ABSOLUTE POVERTY AVERAGE POVERTY BANKING CRISIS CDF CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTION MEASURE CPI CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION CURRENCY UNIT DATA SET ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION LEVEL EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EQUIVALENT CONSUMPTION EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE DATA FOOD COMPONENT FUNCTIONAL FORM GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT INDEX HEALTH CARE HEALTH STATUS HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD ROSTER HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME DATA INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTION CONSTANT INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY WILL INFLATION INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LONG TERM MARKET ECONOMY MEASURING POVERTY MINIMUM WAGE MONETARY POLICIES NATIONAL AVERAGE PENSION SYSTEM PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DEBATE POLICY MEASURES POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POVERTY POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY RISK POVERTY STATUS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITATIVE INFORMATION RAPID GROWTH REFORM PROGRAM REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RELATIVE POVERTY RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SAFETY NET SHARP REDUCTION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL REFORM TARGETING TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNPRODUCTIVE SECTORS URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY WELFARE MEASURE
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spelling	okr-10986-152582021-04-23T14:03:15Z The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2 World Bank POVERTY MITIGATION LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS LABOR MARKETS SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR DEMAND POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATES ABSOLUTE POVERTY AVERAGE POVERTY BANKING CRISIS CDF CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTION MEASURE CPI CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION CURRENCY UNIT DATA SET ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION LEVEL EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EQUIVALENT CONSUMPTION EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE DATA FOOD COMPONENT FUNCTIONAL FORM GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT INDEX HEALTH CARE HEALTH STATUS HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD ROSTER HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME DATA INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTION CONSTANT INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY WILL INFLATION INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LONG TERM MARKET ECONOMY MEASURING POVERTY MINIMUM WAGE MONETARY POLICIES NATIONAL AVERAGE PENSION SYSTEM PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DEBATE POLICY MEASURES POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POVERTY POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY RISK POVERTY STATUS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITATIVE INFORMATION RAPID GROWTH REFORM PROGRAM REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RELATIVE POVERTY RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SAFETY NET SHARP REDUCTION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL REFORM TARGETING TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNPRODUCTIVE SECTORS URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY WELFARE MEASURE This poverty assessment, focuses on three areas. The first is an update of the poverty profile, who are the poor in Latvia in 1998 and what determines their low level of income. The second looks at the labor market: determinants of earnings, and unemployment. The third assesses how the system of social assistance functions, including: who are the recipients of social assistance, what is the amount of "leakage", and why are certain households excluded. The functioning of social assistance is also linked with the issue of regional inequality in its delivery - a problem that has been repeatedly highlighted in the Latvian context. 2013-08-21T16:38:52Z 2013-08-21T16:38:52Z 2000-06-14 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/436991/latvia-poverty-assessment-vol-2-2-main-volume http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15258 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Europe and Central Asia Latvia
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topic	POVERTY MITIGATION LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS LABOR MARKETS SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR DEMAND POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATES ABSOLUTE POVERTY AVERAGE POVERTY BANKING CRISIS CDF CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTION MEASURE CPI CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION CURRENCY UNIT DATA SET ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION LEVEL EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EQUIVALENT CONSUMPTION EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE DATA FOOD COMPONENT FUNCTIONAL FORM GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT INDEX HEALTH CARE HEALTH STATUS HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD ROSTER HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME DATA INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTION CONSTANT INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY WILL INFLATION INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LONG TERM MARKET ECONOMY MEASURING POVERTY MINIMUM WAGE MONETARY POLICIES NATIONAL AVERAGE PENSION SYSTEM PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DEBATE POLICY MEASURES POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POVERTY POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY RISK POVERTY STATUS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITATIVE INFORMATION RAPID GROWTH REFORM PROGRAM REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RELATIVE POVERTY RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SAFETY NET SHARP REDUCTION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL REFORM TARGETING TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNPRODUCTIVE SECTORS URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY WELFARE MEASURE
spellingShingle	POVERTY MITIGATION LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS LABOR MARKETS SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR DEMAND POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATES ABSOLUTE POVERTY AVERAGE POVERTY BANKING CRISIS CDF CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTION MEASURE CPI CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION CURRENCY UNIT DATA SET ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION LEVEL EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EQUIVALENT CONSUMPTION EXCHANGE RATE EXPENDITURE DATA FOOD COMPONENT FUNCTIONAL FORM GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT INDEX HEALTH CARE HEALTH STATUS HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD ROSTER HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME DATA INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTION CONSTANT INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY WILL INFLATION INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR FORCE SURVEY LABOR MARKET LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LONG TERM MARKET ECONOMY MEASURING POVERTY MINIMUM WAGE MONETARY POLICIES NATIONAL AVERAGE PENSION SYSTEM PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DEBATE POLICY MEASURES POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POVERTY POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY RISK POVERTY STATUS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITATIVE INFORMATION RAPID GROWTH REFORM PROGRAM REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RELATIVE POVERTY RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SAFETY NET SHARP REDUCTION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL SERVICES STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURAL REFORM TARGETING TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYMENT UNPRODUCTIVE SECTORS URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POVERTY WELFARE MEASURE World Bank The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2
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description	This poverty assessment, focuses on three areas. The first is an update of the poverty profile, who are the poor in Latvia in 1998 and what determines their low level of income. The second looks at the labor market: determinants of earnings, and unemployment. The third assesses how the system of social assistance functions, including: who are the recipients of social assistance, what is the amount of "leakage", and why are certain households excluded. The functioning of social assistance is also linked with the issue of regional inequality in its delivery - a problem that has been repeatedly highlighted in the Latvian context.
author	World Bank
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title	The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2
title_short	The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2
title_full	The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2
title_fullStr	The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2
title_full_unstemmed	The Republic of Latvia : Poverty Assessment, Volume 2
title_sort	republic of latvia : poverty assessment, volume 2
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/436991/latvia-poverty-assessment-vol-2-2-main-volume http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15258
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