Poverty in the Brazilian Amazon: An Assessment of Poverty Focused on the State of Para

The states in the Brazilian Amazon have made progress in reducing poverty and improving social indicators in the last decade. Despite this progress, the poverty rate in the Amazon is among the highest in Brazil. As of 2000, rural poverty is the gre...

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Main Author:	Verner, Dorte
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	POVERTY REDUCTION SOCIAL INDICATORS URBAN AREAS INFANT MORTALITY ILLITERACY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HOUSEHOLDS RURAL AREAS EMPLOYMENT GENDER HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS LABOR MARKET METHODOLOGY INCOME INEQUALITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ABSOLUTE VALUE AGED ANALYTICAL WORK ANNUAL RATE AVAILABLE DATA CENSUS DATA CLEAN WATER COMMODITIES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DEFORESTATION DEMOGRAPHICS DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ELDERLY PEOPLE EXCHANGE RATE EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FISH FISHING FOOD BASKET GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH RATE HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEALTH CARE HIGH INFLATION HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPORTS IMPROVED HEALTH INCOME DATA INCOME POVERTY INCREASED ACCESS INDIGENOUS GROUPS INFANTS INTEREST RATES IRON LABOR FORCE LAND REFORM LIVING CONDITIONS LOGGING LONG RUN MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MEAN INCOME MEDICINES MICRO DATA MIGRANTS MIGRATION MINIMUM WAGE MONETARY POLICIES MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES NATIONAL AVERAGE NATIONAL POPULATION NATURAL RESOURCES PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POOR PEOPLE POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY GAP POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY TRENDS PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROGRAMS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES QUALITY OF LIFE REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SERVICE DELIVERY SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE SQUARED POVERTY GAP STREAMS SUSTAINABLE POVERTY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TIMBER URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGES
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Poverty in the Brazilian Amazon: An Assessment of Poverty Focused on the State of Para

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