World Bank Equity Policy Lab Vulnerability Tool to Measure Poverty Risk

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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Main Authors: Gao, Jia, Vinha, Katja, Skoufias, Emmanuel
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
POVERTY
VULNERABILITY
ADAPTIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION
STATISTICAL MODELING
POVERTY LINE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/955871612975719665/World-Bank-Equity-Policy-Lab-EPL-Vulnerability-Tool-to-Measure-Poverty-Risk
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spelling okr-10986-351902021-04-23T14:02:18Z World Bank Equity Policy Lab Vulnerability Tool to Measure Poverty Risk Gao, Jia Vinha, Katja Skoufias, Emmanuel POVERTY VULNERABILITY ADAPTIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION STATISTICAL MODELING POVERTY LINE 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. 2021-02-25T21:58:23Z 2021-02-25T21:58:23Z 2020-12 Brief 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 English Poverty and Equity Notes;No. 36 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic POVERTY
VULNERABILITY
ADAPTIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION
STATISTICAL MODELING
POVERTY LINE
spellingShingle POVERTY
VULNERABILITY
ADAPTIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION
STATISTICAL MODELING
POVERTY LINE
Gao, Jia
Vinha, Katja
Skoufias, Emmanuel
World Bank Equity Policy Lab Vulnerability Tool to Measure Poverty Risk
relation Poverty and Equity Notes;No. 36
description 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.
format Brief
author Gao, Jia
Vinha, Katja
Skoufias, Emmanuel
author_facet Gao, Jia
Vinha, Katja
Skoufias, Emmanuel
author_sort Gao, Jia
title World Bank Equity Policy Lab Vulnerability Tool to Measure Poverty Risk
title_short World Bank Equity Policy Lab Vulnerability Tool to Measure Poverty Risk
title_full World Bank Equity Policy Lab Vulnerability Tool to Measure Poverty Risk
title_fullStr World Bank Equity Policy Lab Vulnerability Tool to Measure Poverty Risk
title_full_unstemmed World Bank Equity Policy Lab Vulnerability Tool to Measure Poverty Risk
title_sort world bank equity policy lab vulnerability tool to measure poverty risk
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/955871612975719665/World-Bank-Equity-Policy-Lab-EPL-Vulnerability-Tool-to-Measure-Poverty-Risk
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