Zambia : Using Social Safety Nets to Accelerate Poverty Reduction and Share Prosperity

Despite robust annual growth of 5.7 percent in the recent past, poverty in Zambia remains stubbornly high. The poverty headcount rate is 60 percent (as of 2010), and 39 percent of the population live in extreme poverty, with insufficient consumptio...

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Main Authors: Tesliuc, Cornelia, Smith, W. James, Sunkutu, Musonda Rosemary
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/19893339/zambia-using-social-safety-nets-accelerate-poverty-reduction-share-prosperity
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topic ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL INPUTS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
ALLOWANCE PROGRAM
ASSET DISTRIBUTION
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARY
BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS
BENEFIT LEVELS
CALORIC INTAKE
CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
CASH GRANTS
CASH TRANSFER
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CASH TRANSFER SCHEME
CASH TRANSFERS
CHANGES IN POVERTY
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD NUTRITION
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CHRONIC POVERTY
COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CONDITIONAL CASH
CONDITIONAL TRANSFERS
CONSUMPTION DATA
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
CROP PRODUCTION
DESTITUTE FAMILIES
DIRECT TRANSFERS
DISABILITY ALLOWANCE
DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS
ELDERLY PEOPLE
EMPLOYMENT CREATION
ESTIMATES OF POVERTY
EXTENDED FAMILIES
EXTREME POVERTY
FAMILY MEMBERS
FARM ACTIVITIES
FARM LABOR
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMING REGIONS
FEEDING PROGRAMS
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
FISCAL CONSTRAINTS
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD BASKET
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CROP
FOOD GAP
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POVERTY
FOOD POVERTY LINE
FOOD PRICE
FOOD RATION
FOOD REQUIREMENTS
FOOD SECURITY
GRANT PROGRAM
HEALTH SERVICES
HIGH INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONS
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME GAINS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES
INCOME-GENERATING PROGRAMS
INDICATORS OF POVERTY
INEQUALITY
INPUT SUBSIDIES
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY
IRRIGATION
LABOR DEMAND
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAND SCARCITY
LEAN SEASON
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING COSTS
LIVING STANDARDS
MAINTENANCE OF ROADS
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
MARKET PRICES
MEANS TESTING
MICRO-CREDIT
MINIMUM INCOME
NATAL CARE
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY RATE
NEEDS ASSESSMENTS
NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
OLD AGE
OLD AGE PENSION
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
PERSISTENT INEQUALITY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL SUPPORT
POOR
POOR AREAS
POOR DISTRICTS
POOR FARMERS
POOR GROUPS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR LIVING
POOR PEOPLE
POOR SMALLHOLDER
POST HARVEST
POVERTY BY PROVINCE
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES
POVERTY IMPACT
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MAPPING
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY STATUS
PREVENTIVE HEALTH
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PROTECTION POLICIES
PROTECTION POLICY
PUBLIC SPENDING
PUBLIC TRANSFER
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
PURCHASING POWER
REDISTRIBUTIVE TRANSFERS
REMOTE RURAL AREAS
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL ECONOMY
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL INCOMES
RURAL LIVELIHOODS
RURAL POOR
RURAL POPULATION
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
SAFETY NET SYSTEM
SAFETY NET SYSTEMS
SAFETY NET TRANSFERS
SAVINGS
SAVINGS GROUPS
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
SCHOOL FEEDING
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL MEALS
SHOCK
SKILLS TRAINING
SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE
SMALLHOLDER FARMERS
SMALLHOLDER FARMING
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUBSISTENCE
SUBSISTENCE FARMERS
SUPPORT PROGRAM
TARGETING
TEMPORARY JOBS
TRANSFER AMOUNT
TRANSFER OF CASH
TRANSFER PROGRAM
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSAL PENSION
URBAN WORKS
VILLAGE LEVEL
VOUCHERS
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
VULNERABLE FAMILIES
VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
VULNERABLE PEOPLE
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WAGE RATE
WAGE RATES
spellingShingle ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL INPUTS
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
ALLOWANCE PROGRAM
ASSET DISTRIBUTION
BENEFICIARIES
BENEFICIARY
BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS
BENEFIT LEVELS
CALORIC INTAKE
CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
CASH GRANTS
CASH TRANSFER
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CASH TRANSFER SCHEME
CASH TRANSFERS
CHANGES IN POVERTY
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD NUTRITION
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CHRONIC POVERTY
COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CONDITIONAL CASH
CONDITIONAL TRANSFERS
CONSUMPTION DATA
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
CROP PRODUCTION
DESTITUTE FAMILIES
DIRECT TRANSFERS
DISABILITY ALLOWANCE
DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS
ELDERLY PEOPLE
EMPLOYMENT CREATION
ESTIMATES OF POVERTY
EXTENDED FAMILIES
EXTREME POVERTY
FAMILY MEMBERS
FARM ACTIVITIES
FARM LABOR
FARMER
FARMERS
FARMING REGIONS
FEEDING PROGRAMS
FEMALE EDUCATION
FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
FISCAL CONSTRAINTS
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD BASKET
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CROP
FOOD GAP
FOOD POLICY
FOOD POVERTY
FOOD POVERTY LINE
FOOD PRICE
FOOD RATION
FOOD REQUIREMENTS
FOOD SECURITY
GRANT PROGRAM
HEALTH SERVICES
HIGH INEQUALITY
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONS
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
INCOME
INCOME GAINS
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES
INCOME-GENERATING PROGRAMS
INDICATORS OF POVERTY
INEQUALITY
INPUT SUBSIDIES
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY
IRRIGATION
LABOR DEMAND
LAND OWNERSHIP
LAND SCARCITY
LEAN SEASON
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING COSTS
LIVING STANDARDS
MAINTENANCE OF ROADS
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
MARKET PRICES
MEANS TESTING
MICRO-CREDIT
MINIMUM INCOME
NATAL CARE
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY RATE
NEEDS ASSESSMENTS
NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS
NUTRITION PROGRAMS
OLD AGE
OLD AGE PENSION
PENSIONS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
PERSISTENT INEQUALITY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL SUPPORT
POOR
POOR AREAS
POOR DISTRICTS
POOR FARMERS
POOR GROUPS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR LIVING
POOR PEOPLE
POOR SMALLHOLDER
POST HARVEST
POVERTY BY PROVINCE
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES
POVERTY IMPACT
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MAPPING
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY STATUS
PREVENTIVE HEALTH
PRODUCTIVE ASSETS
PROTECTION POLICIES
PROTECTION POLICY
PUBLIC SPENDING
PUBLIC TRANSFER
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS
PURCHASING POWER
REDISTRIBUTIVE TRANSFERS
REMOTE RURAL AREAS
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL ECONOMY
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL INCOMES
RURAL LIVELIHOODS
RURAL POOR
RURAL POPULATION
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
SAFETY NET SYSTEM
SAFETY NET SYSTEMS
SAFETY NET TRANSFERS
SAVINGS
SAVINGS GROUPS
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
SCHOOL FEEDING
SCHOOL FEES
SCHOOL MEALS
SHOCK
SKILLS TRAINING
SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE
SMALLHOLDER FARMERS
SMALLHOLDER FARMING
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUBSISTENCE
SUBSISTENCE FARMERS
SUPPORT PROGRAM
TARGETING
TEMPORARY JOBS
TRANSFER AMOUNT
TRANSFER OF CASH
TRANSFER PROGRAM
TRANSFER PROGRAMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSAL PENSION
URBAN WORKS
VILLAGE LEVEL
VOUCHERS
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
VULNERABLE FAMILIES
VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
VULNERABLE PEOPLE
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
WAGE RATE
WAGE RATES
Tesliuc, Cornelia
Smith, W. James
Sunkutu, Musonda Rosemary
Zambia : Using Social Safety Nets to Accelerate Poverty Reduction and Share Prosperity
geographic_facet Zambia
relation Social protection and labor discussion paper;no. 1413
description Despite robust annual growth of 5.7 percent in the recent past, poverty in Zambia remains stubbornly high. The poverty headcount rate is 60 percent (as of 2010), and 39 percent of the population live in extreme poverty, with insufficient consumption to meet their daily minimum food requirements. Chronic malnutrition remains very high, with 47 percent of children under the age of 5 being stunted in 2010, close to the high levels of the early 1990s. The report recommends a unified National Safety Net Program comprising cash transfers and public works to reach the poorest 20 percent of the population. The estimated cost is about US$100 million per year. This is less than 2 percent of public spending and around 15 percent of the current subsidies programs benefiting the non-poor.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Tesliuc, Cornelia
Smith, W. James
Sunkutu, Musonda Rosemary
author_facet Tesliuc, Cornelia
Smith, W. James
Sunkutu, Musonda Rosemary
author_sort Tesliuc, Cornelia
title Zambia : Using Social Safety Nets to Accelerate Poverty Reduction and Share Prosperity
title_short Zambia : Using Social Safety Nets to Accelerate Poverty Reduction and Share Prosperity
title_full Zambia : Using Social Safety Nets to Accelerate Poverty Reduction and Share Prosperity
title_fullStr Zambia : Using Social Safety Nets to Accelerate Poverty Reduction and Share Prosperity
title_full_unstemmed Zambia : Using Social Safety Nets to Accelerate Poverty Reduction and Share Prosperity
title_sort zambia : using social safety nets to accelerate poverty reduction and share prosperity
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/19893339/zambia-using-social-safety-nets-accelerate-poverty-reduction-share-prosperity
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20140
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spelling okr-10986-201402021-04-23T14:03:54Z Zambia : Using Social Safety Nets to Accelerate Poverty Reduction and Share Prosperity Tesliuc, Cornelia Smith, W. James Sunkutu, Musonda Rosemary ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ALLOWANCE PROGRAM ASSET DISTRIBUTION BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS BENEFIT LEVELS CALORIC INTAKE CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CASH GRANTS CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFER SCHEME CASH TRANSFERS CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD HEALTH CHILD NUTRITION CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CHRONIC POVERTY COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONAL CASH CONDITIONAL TRANSFERS CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES COST-EFFECTIVENESS CROP PRODUCTION DESTITUTE FAMILIES DIRECT TRANSFERS DISABILITY ALLOWANCE DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS ELDERLY PEOPLE EMPLOYMENT CREATION ESTIMATES OF POVERTY EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY MEMBERS FARM ACTIVITIES FARM LABOR FARMER FARMERS FARMING REGIONS FEEDING PROGRAMS FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD BASKET FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CROP FOOD GAP FOOD POLICY FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICE FOOD RATION FOOD REQUIREMENTS FOOD SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM HEALTH SERVICES HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INCOME GAINS INCOME GROWTH INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INCOME-GENERATING PROGRAMS INDICATORS OF POVERTY INEQUALITY INPUT SUBSIDIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY IRRIGATION LABOR DEMAND LAND OWNERSHIP LAND SCARCITY LEAN SEASON LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING COSTS LIVING STANDARDS MAINTENANCE OF ROADS MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MARKET PRICES MEANS TESTING MICRO-CREDIT MINIMUM INCOME NATAL CARE NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION PROGRAMS OLD AGE OLD AGE PENSION PENSIONS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PERSISTENT INEQUALITY POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR POOR AREAS POOR DISTRICTS POOR FARMERS POOR GROUPS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POOR SMALLHOLDER POST HARVEST POVERTY BY PROVINCE POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY STATUS PREVENTIVE HEALTH PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PROTECTION POLICIES PROTECTION POLICY PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC TRANSFER PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PURCHASING POWER REDISTRIBUTIVE TRANSFERS REMOTE RURAL AREAS ROAD MAINTENANCE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOMES RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NET SYSTEMS SAFETY NET TRANSFERS SAVINGS SAVINGS GROUPS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL MEALS SHOCK SKILLS TRAINING SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SMALLHOLDER FARMING SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SUBSISTENCE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS SUPPORT PROGRAM TARGETING TEMPORARY JOBS TRANSFER AMOUNT TRANSFER OF CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM TRANSFER PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL PENSION URBAN WORKS VILLAGE LEVEL VOUCHERS VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT VULNERABLE CHILDREN VULNERABLE FAMILIES VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE PEOPLE WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAGE RATE WAGE RATES Despite robust annual growth of 5.7 percent in the recent past, poverty in Zambia remains stubbornly high. The poverty headcount rate is 60 percent (as of 2010), and 39 percent of the population live in extreme poverty, with insufficient consumption to meet their daily minimum food requirements. Chronic malnutrition remains very high, with 47 percent of children under the age of 5 being stunted in 2010, close to the high levels of the early 1990s. The report recommends a unified National Safety Net Program comprising cash transfers and public works to reach the poorest 20 percent of the population. The estimated cost is about US$100 million per year. This is less than 2 percent of public spending and around 15 percent of the current subsidies programs benefiting the non-poor. 2014-09-15T21:41:31Z 2014-09-15T21:41:31Z 2013-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/19893339/zambia-using-social-safety-nets-accelerate-poverty-reduction-share-prosperity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20140 English en_US Social protection and labor discussion paper;no. 1413 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Zambia