World Bank Equity Policy Lab Vulnerability Tool to Measure Poverty Risk
Vulnerability to poverty refers to the likelihood that a household or an individual may fall below the poverty line in the event of a shock. Understanding vulnerability helps design policies to protect households and promote resilience. The World B...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/955871612975719665/World-Bank-Equity-Policy-Lab-EPL-Vulnerability-Tool-to-Measure-Poverty-Risk http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35190 |
| Summary: | Vulnerability to poverty refers to the
likelihood that a household or an individual may fall below
the poverty line in the event of a shock. Understanding
vulnerability helps design policies to protect households
and promote resilience. The World Bank's Equity Policy
Lab (EPL) and the Global Solutions Group on the Welfare
Implications of Climate Change, Fragility and Conflict Risks
have developed a new tool to analyze the prevalence, causes,
and sources of household vulnerability to poverty across
different regions within a country. We use the example of
Ethiopia to illustrate how countries can use the
Vulnerability Tool to analyze vulnerability and adopt
policies and programs to address it. |
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