Afghanistan Poverty Status Update : An Analysis Based on National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment 2007/08 and 2011/12

Afghanistan’s per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at an average annual rate of 6.9 percent during that period. In contrast, in 2007-08, 36 percent of Afghans were poor, and four years later, still, more than one in three Afghans did not ha...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	SANITATION LIVING STANDARDS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION RURAL DIVIDE STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION FOOD NEEDS HOUSEHOLD SIZE POVERTY LINE SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL CONTRIBUTION LACK OF EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT GENERATION POVERTY LEVELS ILLITERACY POVERTY RISK FOOD CONSUMPTION SCHOOLING HEALTH EXPENDITURES POVERTY RATES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION POVERTY ESTIMATES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT CONSUMPTION DATA INCOME ON FOOD FOOD QUALITY FEMALE PARTICIPATION HOUSING WHEAT PRODUCTION SELF- EMPLOYMENT NATIONAL POVERTY POOR PEOPLE CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE NATIONAL POVERTY RATE FOOD CONSUMPTION DATA LAND TENURE QUALITY OF DIET AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT SAFETY NETS REGION ACCESS TO EDUCATION POVERTY REDUCTION LAGGING REGION POVERTY INDICATOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS DETERMINANT OF POVERTY RURAL REHABILITATION POOR FAMILIES HOUSEHOLD HEAD POVERTY GAP FOOD PRICE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS INCOME INEQUALITY ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER SPATIAL INEQUALITIES NOMADIC POPULATION POVERTY INCIDENCE AID SPENDING POOR CHILDREN WELFARE LEVEL POVERTY STATUS POVERTY MONITORING SYSTEM POOR INDIVIDUALS SOCIAL PROTECTION MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN CHANGES IN POVERTY POOR INFRASTRUCTURE REGIONAL DISPARITIES RURAL GAP COPING MECHANISMS ACCESS TO SCHOOLS WELFARE DISTRIBUTION CONSUMPTION POVERTY DATA HUMAN CAPITAL VULNERABLE SEGMENTS RURAL LINKAGES FOOD SECURITY POOR GAP SAFETY NET SYSTEM REGIONAL SHARE REDUCTION IN POVERTY POVERTY MEASUREMENT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE REGIONAL DUMMIES REGIONAL DIFFERENCES RURAL ACCESS MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY SAFETY NET AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR FOOD EXPENDITURE IMPACT OF SHOCKS MALNUTRITION FARM WORK ASSET DISPARITIES NUTRITION ACCESS TO MARKETS RURAL EMPLOYMENT HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE LAGGING REGIONS FOOD IMPORTS ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY FOOD INSECURITY POVERTY INDICATORS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MATERNAL HEALTH POOR POPULATION COPING STRATEGY AGRICULTURAL WORKERS REGIONS DRINKING WATER IRRIGATION ACCESS TO SERVICES RURAL AREAS POVERTY FOOD SUPPLY NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY CAPITAL REGION INCIDENCE OF POVERTY LIVESTOCK LOSSES OPIUM CHILD LABOR INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE POVERTY RATE ACCESS TO SANITATION CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA FOOD PRICES RURAL GIRLS LAGGING” REGIONS CENTRAL REGION POVERTY ANALYSIS CENTRAL REGIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT POVERTY INCREASE SPATIAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL INEQUALITIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25248039/afghanistan-poverty-status-update-vol-2-analysis-based-national-risk-vulnerability-assessment-nrva-2007-08-2011-12 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22917