Poverty and Inequality in the Maldives

Around the world, countries use a wide variety of poverty measurement methodologies. A common method used to measure poverty is based on levels of consumption - a person is considered poor if his or her consumption level falls below some minimum le...

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spelling okr-10986-318862021-05-25T09:24:54Z Poverty and Inequality in the Maldives World Bank POVERTY LINE POVERTY ASSESSMENT INEQUALITY LABOR FORCE EMPLOYMENT GENDER Around the world, countries use a wide variety of poverty measurement methodologies. A common method used to measure poverty is based on levels of consumption - a person is considered poor if his or her consumption level falls below some minimum level necessary to meet basic needs. This note therefore aims at briefly laying out the methodological framework of measuring poverty in the Maldives using a relative poverty line and presents findings of applying the poverty concepts in the context of the Maldives. For the purpose of this note, poverty is the pronounced deprivation in well-being defined as whether households or individuals have enough resources or abilities to meet their needs. Poverty is also multidimensional in nature and can include low incomes and the inability to acquire the basic goods and services necessary for survival with dignity but also low levels of health and education, poor access to clean water and sanitation, inadequate physical security, lack of voice, and insufficient capacity and opportunity to better one’s life. 2019-06-14T18:56:20Z 2019-06-14T18:56:20Z 2018-11-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/577881560317134445/Maldives-Poverty-and-Inequality-in-the-Maldives http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31886 English 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 :: Poverty Assessment South Asia Maldives
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topic POVERTY LINE
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
INEQUALITY
LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYMENT
GENDER
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POVERTY ASSESSMENT
INEQUALITY
LABOR FORCE
EMPLOYMENT
GENDER
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Poverty and Inequality in the Maldives
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Maldives
description Around the world, countries use a wide variety of poverty measurement methodologies. A common method used to measure poverty is based on levels of consumption - a person is considered poor if his or her consumption level falls below some minimum level necessary to meet basic needs. This note therefore aims at briefly laying out the methodological framework of measuring poverty in the Maldives using a relative poverty line and presents findings of applying the poverty concepts in the context of the Maldives. For the purpose of this note, poverty is the pronounced deprivation in well-being defined as whether households or individuals have enough resources or abilities to meet their needs. Poverty is also multidimensional in nature and can include low incomes and the inability to acquire the basic goods and services necessary for survival with dignity but also low levels of health and education, poor access to clean water and sanitation, inadequate physical security, lack of voice, and insufficient capacity and opportunity to better one’s life.
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title Poverty and Inequality in the Maldives
title_short Poverty and Inequality in the Maldives
title_full Poverty and Inequality in the Maldives
title_fullStr Poverty and Inequality in the Maldives
title_full_unstemmed Poverty and Inequality in the Maldives
title_sort poverty and inequality in the maldives
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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