Braving the Storm : Poverty and Inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007-2011

This note describes the trends in, and composition of, absolute poverty based on household expenditures, and is thus concerned, as a matter of policy objectives, with access of the population to a particular minimum standard of living. This should...

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Main Authors: World Bank, Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, FBiH Institute for Statistics, RS Institute for Statistics, AGe
Format: Report
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
WAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24811835/braving-storm-poverty-inequality-bosnia-herzegovina-2007-2011
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spelling okr-10986-224722021-06-14T10:21:51Z Braving the Storm : Poverty and Inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007-2011 World Bank Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina FBiH Institute for Statistics RS Institute for Statistics AGe HOUSEHOLD INCOMES LIVING STANDARDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY THRESHOLD GROWTH RATES HOUSEHOLD SIZE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH POVERTY LINE ECONOMIC GROWTH SQUARED POVERTY GAP POVERTY LEVELS PRO- POOR WAGE EARNERS INCOME URBAN POVERTY POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY RATES PUBLIC SECTOR MEAN EXPENDITURES LABOR FORCE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION HEALTH INSURANCE HOUSING HEALTH CARE POVERTY CHANGES MEAN GROWTH NATIONAL POVERTY ANNUAL GROWTH SOCIAL ASSISTANCE RURAL POPULATION MEASURES POVERTY MEASURES HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS WELFARE INDICATOR REGION NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY LABOR MARKET POVERTY OUTCOMES ARABLE LAND MEASURING POVERTY POPULATION GROUP EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT HOUSEHOLD HEAD POVERTY GAP INCOME GROWTH INEQUALITY MEASURES INCOME INEQUALITY RELATIVE IMPORTANCE GINI INDEX POVERTY INCIDENCE TRANSFERS HOUSEHOLD INCOME PER CAPITA GROWTH ESTIMATES OF POVERTY CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE LAND OWNERSHIP SOCIAL PROTECTION FARMERS AVERAGE GROWTH POVERTY PROFILE FOOD ITEMS UNEMPLOYMENT WELFARE DISTRIBUTION POVERTY LINES DATA AVAILABILITY CONSUMPTION POVERTY INCREASES HUMAN CAPITAL FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT FINANCIAL CRISIS DEVELOPING WORLD RURAL POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION URBAN AREAS ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR EDUCATION LEVEL RURAL HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTY OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE POVERTY SEVERITY COUNTRY DATA SKILLED LABOR SECTORAL COMPOSITION INSURANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL TARGETING POVERTY INDICATORS INCOME DYNAMICS PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE REGIONS GROWTH RATE WAR EXTREME POVERTY HIGH POVERTY GROWTH PERFORMANCE RURAL AREAS POVERTY NON- POOR HOUSEHOLDS ABSOLUTE TERMS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY GINI COEFFICIENT HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION GROWTH COMPONENT RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION POVERTY UPDATE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX POVERTY DYNAMICS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POVERTY RATE POOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN PRIMARY EDUCATION INDUSTRIAL SECTOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT WAGE EMPLOYMENT INEQUALITY GROWTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS This note describes the trends in, and composition of, absolute poverty based on household expenditures, and is thus concerned, as a matter of policy objectives, with access of the population to a particular minimum standard of living. This should be viewed as complementary to the companion note on social exclusion based on Europe 2020 indicators including the relative at-risk-of-poverty (AROP) rate, focuses on low income in relation to other residents in a given country. In addition to the analysis of absolute poverty, the note also presents an analysis of inclusive growth, aimed at assessing whether income growth (losses) benefit (impact) differentially the lowest part (here, bottom forty percent) of the distribution. Other approaches, such as those including measures of poverty based on current income, or self-reported measures of affordability, or approached that differ in the way they set the poverty threshold exist. The choice of World Bank’s methodology for purposes of this report is primarily on pragmatic grounds: (i) it allows for the analysis of trends during 2007-2011; (ii) the same methodology was adopted in the previous report (World Bank 2009) to analyze poverty trends during 2004-2007, thus providing a longer trend; (iii) it allows for comparisons of trends across the entities of BiH. 2015-08-18T15:19:45Z 2015-08-18T15:19:45Z 2015-05 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24811835/braving-storm-poverty-inequality-bosnia-herzegovina-2007-2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22472 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study Europe and Central Asia Bosnia and Herzegovina
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topic HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
LIVING STANDARDS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POVERTY THRESHOLD
GROWTH RATES
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
POVERTY LINE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
SQUARED POVERTY GAP
POVERTY LEVELS
PRO- POOR
WAGE EARNERS
INCOME
URBAN POVERTY
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY RATES
PUBLIC SECTOR
MEAN EXPENDITURES
LABOR FORCE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION
HEALTH INSURANCE
HOUSING
HEALTH CARE
POVERTY CHANGES
MEAN GROWTH
NATIONAL POVERTY
ANNUAL GROWTH
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
RURAL POPULATION
MEASURES
POVERTY MEASURES
HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
WELFARE INDICATOR
REGION
NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
LABOR MARKET
POVERTY OUTCOMES
ARABLE LAND
MEASURING POVERTY
POPULATION GROUP
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
POVERTY GAP
INCOME GROWTH
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INCOME INEQUALITY
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
GINI INDEX
POVERTY INCIDENCE
TRANSFERS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
PER CAPITA GROWTH
ESTIMATES OF POVERTY
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
LAND OWNERSHIP
SOCIAL PROTECTION
FARMERS
AVERAGE GROWTH
POVERTY PROFILE
FOOD ITEMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
POVERTY LINES
DATA AVAILABILITY
CONSUMPTION
POVERTY INCREASES
HUMAN CAPITAL
FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
FINANCIAL CRISIS
DEVELOPING WORLD
RURAL POVERTY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
URBAN AREAS
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
EDUCATION LEVEL
RURAL
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
POVERTY SEVERITY
COUNTRY DATA
SKILLED LABOR
SECTORAL COMPOSITION
INSURANCE
SOCIAL CAPITAL
TARGETING
POVERTY INDICATORS
INCOME DYNAMICS
PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE
REGIONS
GROWTH RATE
WAR
EXTREME POVERTY
HIGH POVERTY
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
RURAL AREAS
POVERTY
NON- POOR HOUSEHOLDS
ABSOLUTE TERMS
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
GINI COEFFICIENT
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
GROWTH COMPONENT
RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION
POVERTY UPDATE
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
POVERTY DYNAMICS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
POVERTY RATE
POOR
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
PRIMARY EDUCATION
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
INEQUALITY
GROWTH
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
spellingShingle HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
LIVING STANDARDS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POVERTY THRESHOLD
GROWTH RATES
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
POVERTY LINE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
SQUARED POVERTY GAP
POVERTY LEVELS
PRO- POOR
WAGE EARNERS
INCOME
URBAN POVERTY
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY RATES
PUBLIC SECTOR
MEAN EXPENDITURES
LABOR FORCE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION
HEALTH INSURANCE
HOUSING
HEALTH CARE
POVERTY CHANGES
MEAN GROWTH
NATIONAL POVERTY
ANNUAL GROWTH
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
RURAL POPULATION
MEASURES
POVERTY MEASURES
HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
WELFARE INDICATOR
REGION
NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
LABOR MARKET
POVERTY OUTCOMES
ARABLE LAND
MEASURING POVERTY
POPULATION GROUP
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
POVERTY GAP
INCOME GROWTH
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INCOME INEQUALITY
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
GINI INDEX
POVERTY INCIDENCE
TRANSFERS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
PER CAPITA GROWTH
ESTIMATES OF POVERTY
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
LAND OWNERSHIP
SOCIAL PROTECTION
FARMERS
AVERAGE GROWTH
POVERTY PROFILE
FOOD ITEMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
POVERTY LINES
DATA AVAILABILITY
CONSUMPTION
POVERTY INCREASES
HUMAN CAPITAL
FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
FINANCIAL CRISIS
DEVELOPING WORLD
RURAL POVERTY
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
URBAN AREAS
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
EDUCATION LEVEL
RURAL
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
POVERTY SEVERITY
COUNTRY DATA
SKILLED LABOR
SECTORAL COMPOSITION
INSURANCE
SOCIAL CAPITAL
TARGETING
POVERTY INDICATORS
INCOME DYNAMICS
PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE
REGIONS
GROWTH RATE
WAR
EXTREME POVERTY
HIGH POVERTY
GROWTH PERFORMANCE
RURAL AREAS
POVERTY
NON- POOR HOUSEHOLDS
ABSOLUTE TERMS
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
GINI COEFFICIENT
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
GROWTH COMPONENT
RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION
POVERTY UPDATE
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
POVERTY DYNAMICS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
POVERTY RATE
POOR
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
PRIMARY EDUCATION
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
INEQUALITY
GROWTH
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
World Bank
Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
FBiH Institute for Statistics
RS Institute for Statistics
AGe
Braving the Storm : Poverty and Inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007-2011
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
description This note describes the trends in, and composition of, absolute poverty based on household expenditures, and is thus concerned, as a matter of policy objectives, with access of the population to a particular minimum standard of living. This should be viewed as complementary to the companion note on social exclusion based on Europe 2020 indicators including the relative at-risk-of-poverty (AROP) rate, focuses on low income in relation to other residents in a given country. In addition to the analysis of absolute poverty, the note also presents an analysis of inclusive growth, aimed at assessing whether income growth (losses) benefit (impact) differentially the lowest part (here, bottom forty percent) of the distribution. Other approaches, such as those including measures of poverty based on current income, or self-reported measures of affordability, or approached that differ in the way they set the poverty threshold exist. The choice of World Bank’s methodology for purposes of this report is primarily on pragmatic grounds: (i) it allows for the analysis of trends during 2007-2011; (ii) the same methodology was adopted in the previous report (World Bank 2009) to analyze poverty trends during 2004-2007, thus providing a longer trend; (iii) it allows for comparisons of trends across the entities of BiH.
format Report
author World Bank
Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
FBiH Institute for Statistics
RS Institute for Statistics
AGe
author_facet World Bank
Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
FBiH Institute for Statistics
RS Institute for Statistics
AGe
author_sort World Bank
title Braving the Storm : Poverty and Inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007-2011
title_short Braving the Storm : Poverty and Inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007-2011
title_full Braving the Storm : Poverty and Inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007-2011
title_fullStr Braving the Storm : Poverty and Inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007-2011
title_full_unstemmed Braving the Storm : Poverty and Inequality in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007-2011
title_sort braving the storm : poverty and inequality in bosnia and herzegovina 2007-2011
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24811835/braving-storm-poverty-inequality-bosnia-herzegovina-2007-2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22472
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