Rwanda Poverty Assessment

World Bank Group

Rwanda Poverty Assessment

2015

World Bank Group

The last poverty assessment for Rwanda was conducted in 1997. Three years after the genocide, the country was characterized by deep and widespread poverty, rock-bottom health indicators, and pervasive hunger and food insecurity. In real terms, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita was lower than it had been in 1960. In real terms, the economy quadrupled between 1995 and 2013. Enrolment in primary school is near universal and infant and child mortality are among the lowest in Africa. A large part of the population, including the extreme poor, is covered by public health insurance. This poverty assessment focuses on the evolution of poverty and other social indicators over the past decade (2000-1 and 2010-11). Using data from a variety of sources, mainly the three household living standards surveys (EICV) and the three demographic and health surveys (DHS) conducted during the past decade, the poverty assessment documents trends in monetary and non-monetary dimensions of living standards and examines the drivers of observed trends. The aim of the poverty assessment is to provide policy makers and development partners with information and analysis that can be used to improve the effectiveness of their poverty reduction and social programs.

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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Rural area; Rural; Counterfactual; Poverty map; Absolute poverty; Agricultural wage; Roscas; Household head; Household welfare; Household heads; Rural workers; Poverty line; Employment opportunities; Farm self-employment; Rural sectors; Poor rural households; Poverty measures; Household size; Poor households; Social protections; Household living standards; Risks; Farm-gate; Higher inequality; Agricultural yields; Rural infrastructure; Household demographics; Farm self -employment; Agricultural change; Food poverty line; Poverty maps; Agricultural produce; Household composition; Poverty rates; Food poverty; Female -headed households; Calorie intake; Poor; Measures; Female- headed households; Income risk; Poverty profile; Poverty dynamics; Inadequate food; Poor rural household; Farm employment; Access to services; Land – size; Food basket; Rural incomes; Human development; Clean water; National poverty line; Poverty poverty; Asset holdings; Poor children; Household income diversification; Inequality; Rural provinces; Land quality; Landholdings; Agricultural output; Income-generating activities; Extreme poverty line; Distributional effects; Poverty reduction strategy paper; Poor household; Inequality reduction; Conflict; Child mortality; Chronic poverty; Food policy; Transfers; Consumption smoothing; Poverty index; Extreme poor households; National poverty; Political economy; Social programs; Correlates of poverty; Nutrition outcomes; Remote areas; Poverty levels; Poverty target; Land size; Livestock income; High inequality; Farm self- employment; Rural household; Per capita consumption; Household survey; Equitable access; Poverty gap; Poverty lines; Poor people; Poverty reducing; Incidence analysis; Income growth; Poor districts; Chronic malnutrition; Farm activities; Human development index; Poverty reduction strategies; Consumption expenditures; Farm work; Private transfers; Incidence of poverty; Poverty indicators; Female-headed households; Extremely poor households; Poverty assessment; Public spending; International poverty line; Farm activity; Poverty reduction strategy; Poverty status; Rural households; Lack of education

Language

English

Type

Report; Economic & Sector Work; Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment

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Rwanda Poverty Assessment

2015

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