Botswana Poverty Assessment
Living conditions of Botswana have improved over the past decade and poverty has reduced significantly. This decrease was accompanied by a considerable decline in both depth and severity of poverty, indicating that consumption has improved among th...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25652250/botswana-poverty-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23577 |
| Summary: | Living conditions of Botswana have
improved over the past decade and poverty has reduced
significantly. This decrease was accompanied by a
considerable decline in both depth and severity of poverty,
indicating that consumption has improved among the poor.
While rural areas led the poverty reduction, the share of
the poor living in urban areas has increased. Botswana’s
progress toward reduction of extreme poverty and inequality
was among the world’s strongest in the second half of 2000s.
During this period, the economic growth has been strongly
pro-poor. Botswana is one of the top performers in Africa
when measured by annual consumption distribution growth for
the bottom 40 percentile. However, despite these noteworthy
improvements, inequality remains high. The study concludes
that with adequate macro and social policies, and a strong
focus on improving equity, Botswana has a historical
opportunity to build on recent achievements and move towards
eradicating extreme poverty within one generation. The
analyses was conducted in close collaboration with the
Statistics Botswana, utilizing the data generated through
the nationally representative households income and
expenditure surveys conducted by Statistics Botswana in
2002/2003 and 2009/2010. The report benefited greatly from
the leadership by the Poverty Eradication Unit. |
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