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

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2004

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