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

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English

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