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

Language

English

Type

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

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Rwanda Poverty Assessment

2015

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