Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity in Tajikistan : A Diagnostic

Tajikistan was one of the fastest growing countries in the Europe and Central Asia region during the last decade. The economic growth was widely shared by the population and as a result poverty (measured by the national poverty line) declined from...

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Main Authors:	Azevedo, Joao Pedro, Atamanov, Aziz, Rajabov, Alisher
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKETS ADULT POPULATION AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WAGES AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE GROWTH RATE AVERAGE WAGES CLIMATE CHANGE CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION GROWTH CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY DECLINE IN POVERTY DECLINE IN POVERTY RATES DEPENDENCY RATIO DEPENDENCY RATIOS DETERMINANT OF POVERTY DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISABILITY DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION DROP IN POVERTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT INCOME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE WORKERS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTS GENDER GAP GENDER GAPS GINI COEFFICIENT GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEALTH OUTCOMES HIGH GROWTH HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS ILLNESS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME GENERATION INCOME GROWTH INCOME POVERTY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY REDUCTION INEQUITIES INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEVEL OF POVERTY LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MICRO DATA MIGRANT NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY LINES NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NET INCOME NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITION OLD AGE PATTERNS OF CONSUMPTION PENSIONS PER CAPITA GROWTH POLICY DISCUSSION POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR GROUPS POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION SIZE POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE TRANSFERS PROGRESS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION RATES OF GROWTH REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL DUMMIES REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL POVERTY REGIONAL STRUCTURE REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESPECT RETURN MIGRATION RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL RESIDENTS SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY SELF-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE DELIVERY SKEWED DISTRIBUTION SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL IMPACTS SOCIAL SPENDING SOCIAL STATUS SOIL EROSION SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH SUSTAINABLE GROWTH SUSTAINABLE POVERTY SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION TECHNICAL CAPACITY TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY VICTIMS VULNERABILITY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAR WELFARE MEASURE WORLD POPULATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19680393/poverty-reduction-shared-prosperity-tajikistan-diagnostic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18755

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Summary:	Tajikistan was one of the fastest growing countries in the Europe and Central Asia region during the last decade. The economic growth was widely shared by the population and as a result poverty (measured by the national poverty line) declined from 73 percent in 2003 to 47 percent in 2009 accompanied by falling inequality. Consumption growth of the bottom 40 percent of the population -- a measure of shared prosperity proposed by the World Bank- was positive, pointing out that the growth was shared among the less well off. This work presents a diagnostic of shared prosperity and poverty reduction in Tajikistan during 2003-2009. The paper also focuses on quantifying the main drivers of poverty reduction, shared prosperity, and intra-generational mobility (class transitions). Some of the mechanisms of poverty reduction are explored in detail. Finally, main impediments to inter-generational mobility are discussed.

Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity in Tajikistan : A Diagnostic

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