Botswana Poverty Assessment

World Bank Group

Botswana Poverty Assessment

2016

World Bank Group

Living conditions of Botswana have improved over the past decade and poverty has reduced significantly. This decrease was accompanied by a considerable decline in both depth and severity of poverty, indicating that consumption has improved among the poor. While rural areas led the poverty reduction, the share of the poor living in urban areas has increased. Botswana’s progress toward reduction of extreme poverty and inequality was among the world’s strongest in the second half of 2000s. During this period, the economic growth has been strongly pro-poor. Botswana is one of the top performers in Africa when measured by annual consumption distribution growth for the bottom 40 percentile. However, despite these noteworthy improvements, inequality remains high. The study concludes that with adequate macro and social policies, and a strong focus on improving equity, Botswana has a historical opportunity to build on recent achievements and move towards eradicating extreme poverty within one generation. The analyses was conducted in close collaboration with the Statistics Botswana, utilizing the data generated through the nationally representative households income and expenditure surveys conducted by Statistics Botswana in 2002/2003 and 2009/2010. The report benefited greatly from the leadership by the Poverty Eradication Unit.

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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Poverty reduction strategies; Consumption smoothing; Rural regions; Savings accounts; Poor; Poverty lines; Food items; Impact on poverty; Employment incomes; Incidence analysis; Agricultural employment; Rural female; Disadvantaged groups; Food share; Food self-sufficiency; Equitable access; Conflict; Household welfare; Rural incomes; Child mortality; Poverty indices; Household composition; Inequality reduction; Farm employment; Rural; Rural men; Farm incomes; School feeding programs; Poverty line; Indicator of poverty; Food basket; Smallholder agriculture; Poverty map; Poverty comparisons; Incidence of poverty; Poor rural areas; Poor redistribution; Credit programs; Poor household; Rural area; Food transfers; Income poverty; Income inequality; Rural residence; Poverty severity; Poverty analysis; Poverty incidence; Food policy; Poverty gap; Cost effectiveness; Household heads; Food-for-work; Rural poverty reduction; Rural labor; Measures; Asset poverty; Rural women; National poverty lines; Labor market programs; Poverty measures; Income growth; Poor rural female; Poverty assessment; Food poverty line; Poor families; Culture of “dependency; Rural dwellers; Political economy; Income-generating activities; Targeted transfers; Poverty dynamics; Inequality; Household head; Rural populations; Food poverty; Social impacts; Agricultural support; Health programs; Poor people; Food expenditure; Absolute poverty; National poverty line; Poverty profile; Food expenditures; Rural growth; Higher inequality; Remote regions; Poor farmers; Food consumption expenditures; Rural households; Food imports; Extreme poverty line; Female education; Employment income; Poverty estimates; Asset holdings; Food needs; Human development; Rural sector; Household size; High inequality; Poverty levels; Female-headed households; Human development index; Employment status; Poverty poverty; Transfers; Poor areas; Rural income; Nutrition outcomes; Poor countries; Household survey; Correlates of poverty; Safety nets; Poverty rates; Poverty headcount rate; Social programs; Poverty eradication; Poor rural women; Feeding programs; Poverty indicators; Agricultural incomes; Remote areas; Rural residents; Employment opportunities; Economic diversification; Risks; Village development; Poverty measurement; Poverty threshold; Nutrition interventions; Social assistance; Cattle ownership; Female- headed households; Safety net programs; Access to services; Rural divide; Chronic malnutrition; Food components; Lack of infrastructure; Poverty gap index; Food goods; Per capita consumption; Counterfactual; Anti-poverty; Chronic illness; Administrative costs; International poverty lines; Household food insecurity; Poverty headcount rates; Consumption expenditures; Poverty status; Household consumption per capita; Private transfers; Welfare indicators; Income quintile; Poverty index; Redistributive policies; Poor living; Public spending; Food commodities; National poverty; Poor households

Language

English

Type

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

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