Poverty, Malnutrition and Vulnerability in Mali
This paper provides new insight into the poverty, malnutrition and vulnerability issues in Mali, using existing household survey data. First, it presents a profile of households that are poor, "food poor," or have malnourished children. S...
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Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2013
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18091518/poverty-malnutrition-vulnerability-mali http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15993 |
Summary: | This paper provides new insight into the
poverty, malnutrition and vulnerability issues in Mali,
using existing household survey data. First, it presents a
profile of households that are poor, "food poor,"
or have malnourished children. Second, it explores the
impact of recent weather and price shocks on household
welfare and identifies those affected most by the shocks.
Finally, it estimates vulnerability to poverty by modeling
both households' expected consumption and their
consumption volatility, and by distinguishing between
idiosyncratic and covariate risks. The basic results of the
analysis match conventional knowledge about poverty, food
poverty, and malnutrition. The prevalence of chronic
malnutrition is high in Mali, with 44 percent of Malian
households and 66 percent of food poor Malian households
having at least one stunted child. A 25 percent increase in
cereal prices and a 25 percent decrease in cereal production
are estimated to increase the number of food poor by 610,000
people. An estimated US$ 5.4 million of extra aid per year
will be needed to lift the newly food poor above the food
poverty line. About US$ 182 million is needed to do this for
all existing and new food poor. Vulnerability incidence is
in general two to three times higher among the poor than the
non-poor, except in urban areas and in the region of Sikasso
where the vulnerability incidence is five to six times
higher among the poor. Overall, vulnerability is mostly
driven by poverty induced vulnerability, except in the
capital, Bamako, where vulnerability is more driven by risk
induced vulnerability. |
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