Republic of Niger : Trends of Poverty, Inequality, and Growth, 2005-2011
| Autor: | World Bank |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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MEASURES
REDUCTION IN POVERTY ANTIPOVERTY POLICIES AVERAGE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES POOR POPULATION ECONOMIC GROWTH EXTREME POVERTY RURAL SECTOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT HOUSEHOLD INCOMES LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION INEQUALITY DYNAMICS TRANSACTION COSTS SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION HIGH POVERTY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS NATIONAL ACCOUNTS GINI INDEX POOR PERSISTENT POVERTY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION RURAL ECONOMY INCOME CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA HEADCOUNT POVERTY POVERTY RATES FOOD PRICES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION POVERTY PER CAPITA INCOME GROWTH HUMANITARIAN AID EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES RAPID GROWTH FARMERS REDUCING POVERTY RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIVING STANDARDS ANNUAL GROWTH RATE RURAL COUNTERPARTS REMOTE RURAL AREAS ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION SUSTAINABLE POVERTY DROP IN POVERTY DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES RURAL POVERTY RURAL AREAS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL WORKERS CONSUMPTION POVERTY REDUCTION RISKS MEASURING POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY RATE EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS MATERNAL MORTALITY ANNUAL GROWTH WELFARE INDICATOR HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INEQUALITY RURAL INCOMES HIGH GROWTH POVERTY GAP DECLINE IN POVERTY RURAL POPULATION OUTPUT GROWTH GROWTH ELASTICITY IMPACT ON POVERTY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY CONSUMPTION DATA URBAN POVERTY IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT GOALS PRO-POOR POOR POLICY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY SMALLHOLDER FARMERS POVERTY DYNAMICS INCOME DISTRIBUTION SQUARED POVERTY GAP DROUGHT NATIONAL POVERTY WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS AVERAGE GROWTH INCOME POVERTY ECONOMIC SHOCKS FOOD SECURITY POVERTY MEASUREMENT DROUGHT YEARS FARMLAND HEALTH CARE HUMAN CAPITAL HEALTH BUDGET POOR PEOPLE DIVERSIFICATION RURAL COMMUNITIES POVERTY DATA NEGATIVE IMPACT AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS PUBLIC POLICY AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT POVERTY INCIDENCE LIVESTOCK SECTOR REGION GROWTH RATE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD SIZE PUBLIC POLICIES INCOME GROUPS POOR HOUSEHOLDS RURAL RURAL POVERTY RATE INCOME GROWTH POVERTY LINE CAPITA INCOME POVERTY INDICATORS UPPER INCOME GROUPS CONSUMER GOODS HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN AREAS CHILD MORTALITY LONG RUN POVERTY RATE |
| Popis: | The ability to accurately monitor poverty trends is crucial to ensure the adoption of effective antipoverty policies and to assess progress toward the achievement of national development goals. In Niger, efforts to assess poverty dynamics between 2005 and 2011 are complicated by methodological differences in the three household surveys conducted over the period, in 2005, 2007-08 and 2011. While Niger’s overall poverty rate has dropped significantly between 2005 and 2011, changes in the poverty incidence are highly uneven across location types. Among the major causes of persistent poverty are the country’s minimal economic diversification and extremely limited agricultural infrastructure, which leave the majority of Nigerien households dependent on highly vulnerable farming and livestock production. In addition, the country’s extremely high rate of population growth presents a serious obstacle to sustainable poverty reduction. Not only does Niger have one of the highest population growth rates in the world, but fertility correlates inversely with income level. In other words, the fastest-growing segments of the population are also the poorest, and as a result, the declining trend in the national poverty rate is continuously offset by a steady increase in the absolute number of Nigeriens living in poverty. In addition, the relationship between population growth and rural-urban migration has important implications for poverty trends. Urban fertility rates are lower than rural rates and have been declining over time, while rural fertility rates remain both extremely high and relatively stable. Over the long run urbanization may have the added benefit of slowing nationwide population growth. However, this dynamic will be greatly accelerated by an independent improvement in conditions associated with lower birth rates in rural areas, including sustained increases in household incomes, broad improvements in education indicators, especially among women, and expanded access to healthcare facilities and family planning services. |
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