Albania - Urban Growth, Migration and Poverty Reduction : A Poverty Assessment

This sector report claims that in the three years between 2002 and 2005 alone, almost 235,000 people have moved out of poverty in Albania. Strong economic growth and large inflow of remittances are at the center of this impressive achievement. Howe...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL SERVICES AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAM AVERAGE INCOMES CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CHANGES IN POVERTY COLLECTIVE FARMS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA COUNTRY OF DESTINATION CROP PRODUCTION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DISABILITY DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC SAVINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EDUCATION LEVEL EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EQUAL SHARES EXCHANGE RATE EXTERNAL MIGRATION EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY FARMS FAMILY SIZES FARM ACTIVITIES FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM INCOME FARMER FARMERS FEMALE CHILDREN FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL CRISIS FIXED EFFECTS FLOW OF MIGRANTS FOOD COMPONENTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH COMPONENT GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SERVICES HIGH GROWTH HIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTY HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL ILLNESSES IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION LAWS IMPACT OF MIGRATION IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME SHORTFALL INCOME SUPPORT INCREASE POVERTY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUITIES INFLOW OF REMITTANCES INFORMAL ECONOMY INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IRRIGATION JOB CREATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LAND OWNERSHIP LAND RIGHTS LAND SIZE LAND TITLING LARGE FAMILIES LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MAJORITY OF FARMERS MEAN GROWTH MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOMES MIGRANT MIGRATION MIGRATION FLOWS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOUNTAIN AREAS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE NEGATIVE EFFECT NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE SIGN NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NURSE NURSES NUTRITIONAL NEEDS ORGANIC FARMING PENSIONS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE PERMANENT MIGRATION STATUS PESTICIDES POLITICAL STABILITY POOR POOR FAMILIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY CHANGE POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY RISK POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY HEALTH FACILITIES PRIVATE DOCTORS PRO-POOR PROGRESS PUBLIC SECTOR REDUCTION IN POVERTY REMITTANCES RETURN MIGRATION RETURNEES RUNNING WATER RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL GROWTH RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL INCOMES RURAL INEQUALITY RURAL MIGRANTS RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY INCIDENCE RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL POVERTY RATES RURAL PROBLEMS RURAL PRODUCTION RURAL PRODUCTIVITY RURAL REGIONS RURAL RESIDENTS RURAL STAGNATION RURAL WELFARE SAVINGS SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECTORAL COMPOSITION SEX SHARP REDUCTION SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SKILLED LABOR SMALL SCALE FARMERS SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL PROTECTION STANDARD DEVIATION STRUCTURAL REFORMS STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION SUBSISTENCE TARGETING TEMPORARY MIGRANTS TEMPORARY MIGRATION TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN AREAS URBAN GROWTH URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN MIGRATION URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY VEGETABLE GROWERS VEGETABLES VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WORK FORCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8893621/albania-urban-growth-migration-poverty-reduction-poverty-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7659

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Summary:	This sector report claims that in the three years between 2002 and 2005 alone, almost 235,000 people have moved out of poverty in Albania. Strong economic growth and large inflow of remittances are at the center of this impressive achievement. However, low productivity of predominantly small family farms has put a drag on rural growth prospects. Moreover, Ndihma Ekonomike (NE) program, the means-tested income support program is small in scale, and has a low coverage so that it has had only a modest impact on poverty reduction. As a result of these developments, the poor are mostly rural residents, low skilled (measured as years of schooling completed) and large families. The main conclusion of this report is that as Albania looks ahead it faces the challenges of consolidating and sustaining these improvements in living conditions and narrow the widening rural and urban differences. To tackle these challenges, Albania needs to maintain the high growth path, raise rural productivity and improve the targeting performance of its NE program

Albania - Urban Growth, Migration and Poverty Reduction : A Poverty Assessment

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