Trends and Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Nepal : A Historical Perspective

Nepal made remarkable progress in poverty reduction between 1995 and 2010, a period coinciding with a decade-long violent conflict followed by tumultuous post-conflict recovery. Although improving agricultural productivity was long regarded as inst...

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Main Authors:	Uematsu, Hiroki, Shidiq, Akhmad Rizal, Tiwari, Sailesh
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	poverty migration remittances labor income demographics
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26802648/trends-drivers-poverty-reduction-nepal-historical-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25146

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spelling	okr-10986-251462021-05-25T10:54:43Z Trends and Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Nepal : A Historical Perspective Uematsu, Hiroki Shidiq, Akhmad Rizal Tiwari, Sailesh poverty migration remittances labor income demographics Nepal made remarkable progress in poverty reduction between 1995 and 2010, a period coinciding with a decade-long violent conflict followed by tumultuous post-conflict recovery. Although improving agricultural productivity was long regarded as instrumental to lifting the living conditions of Nepal's impoverished rural areas, a bulk of the observed poverty reduction has come as a result of exogenous improvements in economic opportunities for poor Nepalis outside Nepal's borders. About 50 percent of the poverty reduction witnessed between 1995 and 2010 was associated with growth in labor incomes, particularly in nonagricultural activities. Private remittance receipts account for a little over a quarter of the total poverty reduction seen in Nepal. This is consistent with increased nonfarm diversification of rural households as well as the increase in nonfarm wages over the period. Household demographic changes, brought about by a sharp decline in fertility rates and the changing dependency structure as a result of migration, have also played an important role. 2016-10-13T19:12:02Z 2016-10-13T19:12:02Z 2016-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26802648/trends-drivers-poverty-reduction-nepal-historical-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25146 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7830 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia Nepal
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description	Nepal made remarkable progress in poverty reduction between 1995 and 2010, a period coinciding with a decade-long violent conflict followed by tumultuous post-conflict recovery. Although improving agricultural productivity was long regarded as instrumental to lifting the living conditions of Nepal's impoverished rural areas, a bulk of the observed poverty reduction has come as a result of exogenous improvements in economic opportunities for poor Nepalis outside Nepal's borders. About 50 percent of the poverty reduction witnessed between 1995 and 2010 was associated with growth in labor incomes, particularly in nonagricultural activities. Private remittance receipts account for a little over a quarter of the total poverty reduction seen in Nepal. This is consistent with increased nonfarm diversification of rural households as well as the increase in nonfarm wages over the period. Household demographic changes, brought about by a sharp decline in fertility rates and the changing dependency structure as a result of migration, have also played an important role.
format	Working Paper
author	Uematsu, Hiroki Shidiq, Akhmad Rizal Tiwari, Sailesh
author_facet	Uematsu, Hiroki Shidiq, Akhmad Rizal Tiwari, Sailesh
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title	Trends and Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Nepal : A Historical Perspective
title_short	Trends and Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Nepal : A Historical Perspective
title_full	Trends and Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Nepal : A Historical Perspective
title_fullStr	Trends and Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Nepal : A Historical Perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Trends and Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Nepal : A Historical Perspective
title_sort	trends and drivers of poverty reduction in nepal : a historical perspective
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26802648/trends-drivers-poverty-reduction-nepal-historical-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25146
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