Making the Poor Count Takes More than Counting the Poor: A Quick Poverty Assessment of the State of Bahia, Brazil

Making the Poor Count Takes More than Counting the Poor: A Quick Poverty Assessment of the State of Bahia, Brazil

The state of Bahia, Brazil has made progress in reducing poverty and improving social indicators in the past decade. Despite this progress, Bahia's poverty is among the highest and its social indicators are among the lowest in Brazil. Currentl...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Verner, Dorte
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE TERMS ACCESS TO SERVICES AGED ALCOHOL ANALYTICAL WORK ANNUAL RATE AVAILABLE DATA AVERAGE AGE AVERAGE INCOMES BIRTH RATE CANCER CAPITA INCOMES CERVICAL CANCER CONDOMS DEBT DEMOGRAPHICS DEPENDENCY RATIO DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC SITUATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY PEOPLE EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FOOD BASKET GINI COEFFICIENT GINI INDEX GROWTH RATE HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEALTH CARE HEALTH PROGRAMS HIGH INFLATION HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY IMPROVED HEALTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INCREASED ACCESS INFLATION INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INTEREST RATES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC STABILIZATION MEDIAN INCOME MIGRATION MINIMUM WAGE MONETARY POLICIES MORTALITY MOTHERS MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS NATIONAL AVERAGE NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS NUTRITION OIL PER-CAPITA INCOME POLICY MAKING POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PERSON POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY GAP POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PROSTATE CANCER PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROGRAMS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES QUALITY OF LIFE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS REDUCED POVERTY REDUCING INFLATION REDUCING POVERTY REGIONAL DISPARITIES RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY SAVINGS SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS SOCIAL SERVICES SQUARED POVERTY GAP SUSTAINABLE POVERTY URBAN AREAS VIOLENCE VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGES WATER SUPPLY WORKERS YOUNG ADULTS POVERTY INFANT MORTALITY ADULT ILLITERACY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/3910308/making-poor-count-takes-more-counting-poor-quick-poverty-assessment-state-bahia-brazil http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14313

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/3910308/making-poor-count-takes-more-counting-poor-quick-poverty-assessment-state-bahia-brazil
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14313