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

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English

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Report

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Rwanda Poverty Assessment

2015

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