Jordan - Poverty Assessment (Vol. 2 of 2) : Main Report

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Jordan - Poverty Assessment (Vol. 2 of 2) : Main Report

2004

World Bank

This report assesses poverty in Jordan in 2002-03, and examines the changes that have occurred since 1997 as a result of economic growth and the income distribution policies of the Government of Jordan. The study concludes that poverty declined in Jordan in that time period, no matter which poverty line one chooses to use, and was made possible with an equally remarkable growth in per capita private consumption, in which the poor participated, at about 3.5 percent a year. The fast rise in private consumption appears to be due to a recovery in consumption trends that is mainly policy driven. The report, however, identifies some concerns about the sustainability of poverty reduction, and recommends that long-term policy focus more on regional imbalances in development; improve access of the poor in education, health, and jobs; plug the leakage in government transfer programs; and institute poverty monitoring systems for timely remedial action.

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Washington, DC

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Doctor; Food energy intake; Poor; Poverty lines; Food items; Impact on poverty; Life expectancy?at birth; Pro-poor growth index; Adult literacy; Incidence analysis; Consumption aggregate; Redistribution policies; Disadvantaged groups; Gdp; Net assessment; Urban residence; Population groups; Net enrollment; Disability; Family income; Poverty line using; Regional cost; Child mortality; Poverty indices; Economic co-operation; Purchasing power; Consumption inequality; Calorie requirement; Household consumption expenditure; Rural; Poverty studies; Costs of living; Pro-poor; King; Vulnerable groups; Food baskets; Level of education; References; Value; Enrollment ratio; Technical assistance; Per capita expenditure; Capita?calorie intake; Incidence of poverty; Labor force; Adult illiteracy rates; Household expenditures; Early childhood; Enrollment rate; Ner; Functions; Adult illiteracy; District; Regional price differences; Regional food; Health survey; Consumption pattern; Poverty severity; Average poverty line; Non-food prices; Poverty incidence; Poor children; Average poverty; Policy makers; Food policy; Currency; Poverty gap; International food policy research institute; Official poverty line; Poverty study; Working poor; Economic management; Life expectancy; Consensus; Calorie intake; Official poverty; Annual growth rate; Consumer price index; Health service; Medical services; Policy changes; Human?development; Benefit incidence; Ger; Per-capita income; Poverty measures; Poverty assessment; Food poverty line; Consumer price indices; Poverty increase; Aid; Safety net; Public higher education; Diphtheria; Capita per year; Development programme; Patient care; Structural reforms; Inequality; Ppp; Food poverty; Poverty assessments; Standard errors; Consumption growth; Purchasing power parity; Food expenditure; Absolute poverty; Estimates of poverty; Dividends; Standard of living; Education level; Interventions; Fertility rates; Kindergartens; Total population; Choices; Sample households; Poor benefit; Macroeconomic stabilization; Price changes; Injury; Net enrollment ratio; Web site; Human development; Headcount ratio; Household size; Food policy research; Mortality rates; Employment status; Human development index; Transfers; Research institute; Human development report; Safety nets; Household survey; Economic activity; Participation rates; Age group; Female headed-households; Poverty rates; Capita calorie intake; Growth rates; Educational attainment; Non-food items; Definition; Food energy; Calorie requirements; Unemployment rates; National level; Poverty measurement; National accounts; Non-food expenditure; Growth incidence; Predicting; Literacy rate; Import tariffs; Per capita consumption; Counterfactual; Absolute poverty lines; Districts; Development goals; Higher education institutions; Consumption expenditures; Poverty status; Nations; Investment projects; Food poverty lines; Annexes; Annual growth; Proportionality; Pro-poor growth; Income quintile; Gross enrollment; Regional poverty; Private schools; Early childhood education; Education sector; Poverty measure; Degree

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