Ukraine : Poverty Assessment, Poverty and Inequality in a Growing Economy

This Poverty report is aimed at improving the understanding of poverty in Ukraine, and providing linkages between growth, the evolution of economic sectors, and poverty. The main findings can be summed up as follows: An absolute poverty line and a revised consumption aggregate -- jointly developed w...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Other Poverty Study
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/7090647/ukraine-poverty-assessment-poverty-inequality-growing-economy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8803
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topic ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE
ACCESS TO MARKETS
ACTIVE LABOR
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
ADULT POPULATION
AGE GROUP
AGE GROUPS
AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT
AGRICULTURAL WAGES
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE
AVERAGE INCOME
BASIC NEEDS
BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS
BENEFICIARY POPULATION
BIG CITIES
CALORIES PER DAY
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
COMMERCIAL FARMS
COMPANY TOWNS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
DECLINING UNEMPLOYMENT
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DOMESTIC MARKET
DROUGHT
DRUGS
EARNING
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION POVERTY
ELDERLY
EMPLOYMENT COMPOSITION
EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
FAMILY BENEFITS
FARM LABOR
FIRM LEVEL
FIRM SIZE
FOOD BASKET
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD PLOTS
HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE
HOUSEHOLDS WITH PENSIONERS
HOUSING
HOUSING SUBSIDIES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROUPS
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION
JOB CREATION
JOB DESTRUCTION
JOB DESTRUCTION RATES
JOB MARKET
JOB TURNOVER
JOBS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE
LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
LACK OF CAPACITY
LAND DISTRIBUTION
LAND LEASING
LAND REFORM
LARGE CITIES
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT
LOW LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LOW WAGES
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MIGRATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
MINIMUM WAGE
MODERNIZATION
NET EMPLOYMENT
NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
OCCUPATION
OUTPUT GROWTH
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
PENSIONS
POOR
POOR EDUCATION
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR POPULATION
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY ASSESSMENT TEAM
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
PRIVATE COMPANY
PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT
PRIVATE ENTERPRISES
PRIVATE FIRMS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROGRESS
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
RAPID GROWTH
REAL INCOMES
REDUCING POVERTY
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
REDUCTION OF POVERTY
REGIONAL DISPARITIES
RELATIVE RISK OF POVERTY
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL HOUSEHOLD
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL PHENOMENON
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL SECTOR
RURAL WAGES
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NET SYSTEM
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SUBSISTENCE
SUSTAINABLE POVERTY
SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION
TARGETED TRANSFERS
TARGETING
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRANSPORTATION
TUBERCULOSIS
UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
URBAN AREAS
URBAN BIAS
URBANIZATION
WAGE GAINS
WORKER
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE
ACCESS TO MARKETS
ACTIVE LABOR
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
ADULT POPULATION
AGE GROUP
AGE GROUPS
AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT
AGRICULTURAL WAGES
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE
AVERAGE INCOME
BASIC NEEDS
BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS
BENEFICIARY POPULATION
BIG CITIES
CALORIES PER DAY
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
COMMERCIAL FARMS
COMPANY TOWNS
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE
DECLINING UNEMPLOYMENT
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DOMESTIC MARKET
DROUGHT
DRUGS
EARNING
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMICS
EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATION POVERTY
ELDERLY
EMPLOYMENT COMPOSITION
EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
FAMILY BENEFITS
FARM LABOR
FIRM LEVEL
FIRM SIZE
FOOD BASKET
GINI COEFFICIENT
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD PLOTS
HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE
HOUSEHOLDS WITH PENSIONERS
HOUSING
HOUSING SUBSIDIES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROUPS
INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATE
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION
JOB CREATION
JOB DESTRUCTION
JOB DESTRUCTION RATES
JOB MARKET
JOB TURNOVER
JOBS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE
LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
LACK OF CAPACITY
LAND DISTRIBUTION
LAND LEASING
LAND REFORM
LARGE CITIES
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT
LOW LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LOW WAGES
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MIGRATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
MINIMUM WAGE
MODERNIZATION
NET EMPLOYMENT
NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
OCCUPATION
OUTPUT GROWTH
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
PENSIONS
POOR
POOR EDUCATION
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR POPULATION
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY ASSESSMENT
POVERTY ASSESSMENT TEAM
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY GAP
POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LEVELS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY PROFILE
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
PRIVATE COMPANY
PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT
PRIVATE ENTERPRISES
PRIVATE FIRMS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROGRESS
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
RAPID GROWTH
REAL INCOMES
REDUCING POVERTY
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
REDUCTION OF POVERTY
REGIONAL DISPARITIES
RELATIVE RISK OF POVERTY
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL EMPLOYMENT
RURAL HOUSEHOLD
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL PHENOMENON
RURAL POPULATION
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL SECTOR
RURAL WAGES
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NET SYSTEM
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SUBSISTENCE
SUSTAINABLE POVERTY
SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION
TARGETED TRANSFERS
TARGETING
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRANSPORTATION
TUBERCULOSIS
UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
URBAN AREAS
URBAN BIAS
URBANIZATION
WAGE GAINS
WORKER
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
World Bank
Ukraine : Poverty Assessment, Poverty and Inequality in a Growing Economy
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Europe
Commonwealth of Independent States
Eastern Europe
Ukraine
description This Poverty report is aimed at improving the understanding of poverty in Ukraine, and providing linkages between growth, the evolution of economic sectors, and poverty. The main findings can be summed up as follows: An absolute poverty line and a revised consumption aggregate -- jointly developed with Ukraine experts -- indicate that around 19 percent of the population lived in poverty by 2003. While in 1999 Ukraine had a poverty incidence higher than Poland, Russia, Lithuania, or Bulgaria, by 2003 it was the lowest compared with these countries. The overall improvement, however, has been paralleled by an increasing poverty gap between rural and urban households, reflecting the fast but unbalanced economic growth: The growth experience has not changed the rather stagnant level of employment. The improvement in labor markets are associated to gains in productivity and efficiency with resulting wage gains. There is also increased differentiation within workers since the fraction of underemployment has also increased, reflecting partly the subsistence agriculture, and precarious labor markets in some small towns. The combined effects of higher productivity but lower employment in commercial farms left real incomes in agriculture lagging behind other sectors. Rural areas had a slower reduction in poverty due to the combined effect of weather shocks, and restructuring in agriculture. The government has played a critical role in reducing poverty by increasing substantially the social insurance transfers. Other government transfers have become better targeted but still have very limited coverage. The reduction of poverty, however, provides a window of opportunity to reform the safety net system in order to effectively target the poor.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Ukraine : Poverty Assessment, Poverty and Inequality in a Growing Economy
title_short Ukraine : Poverty Assessment, Poverty and Inequality in a Growing Economy
title_full Ukraine : Poverty Assessment, Poverty and Inequality in a Growing Economy
title_fullStr Ukraine : Poverty Assessment, Poverty and Inequality in a Growing Economy
title_full_unstemmed Ukraine : Poverty Assessment, Poverty and Inequality in a Growing Economy
title_sort ukraine : poverty assessment, poverty and inequality in a growing economy
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/7090647/ukraine-poverty-assessment-poverty-inequality-growing-economy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8803
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spelling okr-10986-88032021-04-23T14:02:40Z Ukraine : Poverty Assessment, Poverty and Inequality in a Growing Economy World Bank ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE ACCESS TO MARKETS ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS ADULT POPULATION AGE GROUP AGE GROUPS AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT AGRICULTURAL WAGES AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE AVERAGE INCOME BASIC NEEDS BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS BENEFICIARY POPULATION BIG CITIES CALORIES PER DAY CAPITAL INVESTMENT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES COMMERCIAL FARMS COMPANY TOWNS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE DECLINING UNEMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DOMESTIC MARKET DROUGHT DRUGS EARNING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMICS EDUCATION ACTIVITIES EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATION POVERTY ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT COMPOSITION EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT LOSSES ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES FAMILY BENEFITS FARM LABOR FIRM LEVEL FIRM SIZE FOOD BASKET GINI COEFFICIENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD PLOTS HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE HOUSEHOLDS WITH PENSIONERS HOUSING HOUSING SUBSIDIES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROUPS INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB DESTRUCTION RATES JOB MARKET JOB TURNOVER JOBS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LACK OF CAPACITY LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND LEASING LAND REFORM LARGE CITIES LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LOW LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LOW WAGES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MINIMUM WAGE MODERNIZATION NET EMPLOYMENT NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS OCCUPATION OUTPUT GROWTH OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE PENSIONS POOR POOR EDUCATION POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR POPULATION POORER HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ASSESSMENT TEAM POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES PRIVATE COMPANY PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RAPID GROWTH REAL INCOMES REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REDUCTION OF POVERTY REGIONAL DISPARITIES RELATIVE RISK OF POVERTY RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL EMPLOYMENT RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL SECTOR RURAL WAGES SAFETY NET SAFETY NET SYSTEM SECONDARY EDUCATION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL RESEARCH SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SUBSISTENCE SUSTAINABLE POVERTY SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSPORTATION TUBERCULOSIS UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN AREAS URBAN BIAS URBANIZATION WAGE GAINS WORKER WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION This Poverty report is aimed at improving the understanding of poverty in Ukraine, and providing linkages between growth, the evolution of economic sectors, and poverty. The main findings can be summed up as follows: An absolute poverty line and a revised consumption aggregate -- jointly developed with Ukraine experts -- indicate that around 19 percent of the population lived in poverty by 2003. While in 1999 Ukraine had a poverty incidence higher than Poland, Russia, Lithuania, or Bulgaria, by 2003 it was the lowest compared with these countries. The overall improvement, however, has been paralleled by an increasing poverty gap between rural and urban households, reflecting the fast but unbalanced economic growth: The growth experience has not changed the rather stagnant level of employment. The improvement in labor markets are associated to gains in productivity and efficiency with resulting wage gains. There is also increased differentiation within workers since the fraction of underemployment has also increased, reflecting partly the subsistence agriculture, and precarious labor markets in some small towns. The combined effects of higher productivity but lower employment in commercial farms left real incomes in agriculture lagging behind other sectors. Rural areas had a slower reduction in poverty due to the combined effect of weather shocks, and restructuring in agriculture. The government has played a critical role in reducing poverty by increasing substantially the social insurance transfers. Other government transfers have become better targeted but still have very limited coverage. The reduction of poverty, however, provides a window of opportunity to reform the safety net system in order to effectively target the poor. 2012-06-22T16:53:20Z 2012-06-22T16:53:20Z 2005-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/7090647/ukraine-poverty-assessment-poverty-inequality-growing-economy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8803 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Europe Commonwealth of Independent States Eastern Europe Ukraine