Poverty and Regional Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

This paper is focused only on this objective: the alleviation of regional concentrations of poverty. There are several reasons. First, judging from the public documents of multilaterals and governments, poverty reduction is often the primary object...

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Main Author:	Dillinger, William
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO MARKETS AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL POLICY ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGY BANKS BASIC EDUCATION BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BOND MARKETS BONDS BUSINESS CLIMATE CALCULATION CALCULATIONS CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKETS CITIZENS COMMODITIES CONFLICT CONSUMER CONSUMER MARKET CONSUMER MARKETS CONSUMERS CORPORATE BOND DEPENDENCY RATIO DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEPOSITS DETERMINANTS OF GROWTH DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DISSEMINATION DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC CREDIT EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC FUTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXCHANGE RATES FAMILY TIES FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FARM WORKERS FEWER PEOPLE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FIXED COSTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENT GOVERNMENT POLICIES HEALTH CARE HIGH RISK INVESTMENTS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOLDING ASSETS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION IMPACT ON POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME RANGES INCOME SOURCE INCOME SUPPORT INCOMES INDICATOR OF POVERTY INEQUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INITIAL CAPITAL INSURANCE INTEREST PAYMENTS INTEREST RATE INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES INVESTMENT RETURNS INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION IRRIGATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCES LABOR MARKET LARGE CITIES LARGE FAMILIES LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF POVERTY LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING COSTS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME MARGINAL RATES MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET ECONOMY MARKET FAILURES MIGRANT MIGRANT WORKERS MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NATIONAL ECONOMY NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POLICIES NATURAL RESOURCES NEW JOBS NUMBER OF ADULTS ORPHANS PENSIONS PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR ADULTS POOR AREAS POOR COUNTRIES POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POTENTIAL MIGRANTS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY DATA POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC WORKS PURCHASES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY OF LIFE RATES OF GROWTH REGIONAL POLICIES REGIONAL POLICY REGIONAL STRATEGIES RELOCATION COSTS REMITTANCES REMOTE REGIONS RESPECT RETIREMENT RETIREMENT AGE RETIREMENT BENEFITS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL REGIONS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECTORAL POLICIES SENIOR SKILLED PROFESSIONALS SKILLED STAFF SKILLED WORKER SKILLED WORKERS SMALL FARMS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES STAKEHOLDERS STATE BANKS STATE PLANNING TARGETING TAX BREAKS TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY TERTIARY LEVEL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNSKILLED WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WAGE WAGE COSTS WAR WELFARE OF INDIVIDUALS WORKING AGE WORKING AGE POPULATION WORKING CAPITAL WORKING POPULATION WORKING-AGE POPULATION YOUNG PEOPLE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/8149312/poverty-regional-development-eastern-europe-central-asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6739

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Summary:	This paper is focused only on this objective: the alleviation of regional concentrations of poverty. There are several reasons. First, judging from the public documents of multilaterals and governments, poverty reduction is often the primary objective of regional development efforts in the ECA region. It is also the primary objective of the World Bank, the sponsor of this paper. Second, the environmental and social objectives of regional development are difficult to analyze through an economic lens. While some may argue that cities are too big, others argue that large cities are crucial to economic growth and merely need to be better managed. By the same token, the social costs of out-migration are difficult to weigh against the economic benefits of labor mobility. The analysis of the tradeoffs between the environmental and social objectives of regional development on one hand, and economic objectives of regional development on the other, is better done on a case-by-case basis than in a regional survey paper. This report is the first of a series of papers on regional issues in the ECA region.

Poverty and Regional Development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

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