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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AGROVOC Keywords

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Bibliographic information

Publisher

World Bank, Washington, DC

Other Subjects

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

Language

English

Format

application/pdf, text/plain

License

CC BY 3.0 IGO, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/, World Bank

Type

Report; Rapport; Informe

In AGRIS since: 2024-10-18

Modification date: 2025-05-23

Format: Dublin Core

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