Chad Poverty Assessment : Investing in Rural Income Growth, Human Capital, and Resilience to Support Sustainable Poverty Reduction

This poverty assessment aims to inform poverty-focused policymaking in Chad. The report examines recent trends in poverty, inequality, and other social indicators and identifies key constraints on poverty reduction. Although agriculture, pastoralis...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY REDUCTION INEQUALITY SHARED PROSPERITY SOCIAL SAFETY NET FRAGILITY AND CONFLICT FORCED DISPLACEMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 RURAL INCOME AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY REMITTANCES VULNERABILITY ECONOMIC SHOCK HUMAN CAPITAL NUTRITION FOOD SECURITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/642041633397593711/Chad-Poverty-Assessment-Investing-in-Rural-Income-Growth-Human-Capital-and-Resilience-to-Support-Sustainable-Poverty-Reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36443

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spelling	okr-10986-364432021-11-03T05:10:50Z Chad Poverty Assessment : Investing in Rural Income Growth, Human Capital, and Resilience to Support Sustainable Poverty Reduction World Bank POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY REDUCTION INEQUALITY SHARED PROSPERITY SOCIAL SAFETY NET FRAGILITY AND CONFLICT FORCED DISPLACEMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 RURAL INCOME AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY REMITTANCES VULNERABILITY ECONOMIC SHOCK HUMAN CAPITAL NUTRITION FOOD SECURITY This poverty assessment aims to inform poverty-focused policymaking in Chad. The report examines recent trends in poverty, inequality, and other social indicators and identifies key constraints on poverty reduction. Although agriculture, pastoralism, and related activities provide livelihoods for about 80 percent of the population, the capital-intensive oil sector drives macroeconomic growth, exports, and fiscal revenues. Eliminating poverty and boosting shared prosperity in Chad will require robust and sustained interventions along three strategic axes: (i) economic diversification, with a focus on the rural sector; (ii) building resilience to multidimensional shocks; and (iii) accelerating human capital formation. Chad faces enormous challenges, and the effectiveness of its poverty reduction efforts will hinge on factors that extend beyond economic policy, including the reestablishment of peace and security through improved governance, as well as a comprehensive effort to address the country’s profound gender disparities. 2021-11-02T13:24:29Z 2021-11-02T13:24:29Z 2021-10-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/642041633397593711/Chad-Poverty-Assessment-Investing-in-Rural-Income-Growth-Human-Capital-and-Resilience-to-Support-Sustainable-Poverty-Reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36443 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Poverty Assessment Africa Africa Western and Central (AFW) Chad
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topic	POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY REDUCTION INEQUALITY SHARED PROSPERITY SOCIAL SAFETY NET FRAGILITY AND CONFLICT FORCED DISPLACEMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 RURAL INCOME AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY REMITTANCES VULNERABILITY ECONOMIC SHOCK HUMAN CAPITAL NUTRITION FOOD SECURITY
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description	This poverty assessment aims to inform poverty-focused policymaking in Chad. The report examines recent trends in poverty, inequality, and other social indicators and identifies key constraints on poverty reduction. Although agriculture, pastoralism, and related activities provide livelihoods for about 80 percent of the population, the capital-intensive oil sector drives macroeconomic growth, exports, and fiscal revenues. Eliminating poverty and boosting shared prosperity in Chad will require robust and sustained interventions along three strategic axes: (i) economic diversification, with a focus on the rural sector; (ii) building resilience to multidimensional shocks; and (iii) accelerating human capital formation. Chad faces enormous challenges, and the effectiveness of its poverty reduction efforts will hinge on factors that extend beyond economic policy, including the reestablishment of peace and security through improved governance, as well as a comprehensive effort to address the country’s profound gender disparities.
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title	Chad Poverty Assessment : Investing in Rural Income Growth, Human Capital, and Resilience to Support Sustainable Poverty Reduction
title_short	Chad Poverty Assessment : Investing in Rural Income Growth, Human Capital, and Resilience to Support Sustainable Poverty Reduction
title_full	Chad Poverty Assessment : Investing in Rural Income Growth, Human Capital, and Resilience to Support Sustainable Poverty Reduction
title_fullStr	Chad Poverty Assessment : Investing in Rural Income Growth, Human Capital, and Resilience to Support Sustainable Poverty Reduction
title_full_unstemmed	Chad Poverty Assessment : Investing in Rural Income Growth, Human Capital, and Resilience to Support Sustainable Poverty Reduction
title_sort	chad poverty assessment : investing in rural income growth, human capital, and resilience to support sustainable poverty reduction
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
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Chad Poverty Assessment : Investing in Rural Income Growth, Human Capital, and Resilience to Support Sustainable Poverty Reduction

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