Poverty and the Policy Response to the Economic Crisis in Liberia

The purpose of this study is to provide in one place a set of papers that were written at various points in time over the last four years on poverty and the response to the recent economic crisis in Liberia. More precisely, the objective of the study is twofold. First it is to provide a basic diagno...

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Main Author:	Wodon, Quentin
Format:	Publication
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	administrative costs aggregate poverty annual growth average % growth cash transfers Central region conflict consumer prices consumption aggregate consumption basket consumption data consumption per capita correlates of poverty data quality determinants of poverty Development Goals development strategy distributional impact Economic conditions economic development economic growth Education level Emergency Employment EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM Employment Programs estimates of poverty Extreme poverty female-headed households Financial Crisis food basket food consumption food expenditure food goods food items food needs food poverty food poverty line Food Price FOOD PRICES food products Food Security growth rate growth rates health care health expenditures household composition household consumption household head household heads household income household needs household size household survey household surveys housing HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Impact on Poverty incidence analysis Income income data Indicators of Poverty inequality land size macroeconomic framework Marginal tax Marginal tax rate Mean value measuring poverty medium term milk national accounts National Poverty National Poverty headcount negative impact net income Nutrition policy interventions poor poor areas post-conflict countries poverty analysis poverty assessments Poverty Comparisons poverty data Poverty Estimates poverty gap Poverty Impact poverty level poverty line Poverty lines poverty measure poverty measurement poverty measures Poverty Profile Poverty rates Poverty Reduction Poverty Reduction Strategy Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper poverty threshold Pro-Poor Pro-Poor Growth public sector Public Spending Public Works qualitative data reduction of poverty rural rural areas Rural Region Safety Net savings schooling secondary schooling squared poverty gap standard deviation targeting total poverty total poverty line unequal distribution urban areas Urban Region wage rates war Welfare Indicator Welfare Indicators
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