Sustaining Gains in Poverty Reduction and Human Development in the Middle East and North Africa

This book reviews the experience of the Middle East and North Africa region with poverty and human development since the mid-1980s. It finds that poverty rates did not decline by much during this period while health and education indicators improve...

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Main Author:	Iqbal, Farrukh
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY AGING ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS CASH ASSISTANCE CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH SERVICES CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CHRONICALLY POOR COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATOR COUNTRIES DATA AVAILABILITY DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING REGIONS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DIETS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCK ECONOMIC STAGNATION EDUCATED PEOPLE EDUCATION EDUCATIONPOVERTY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS ENERGY SUBSIDIES ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FEMALE EDUCATION FEMALE LITERACY FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FOOD SUBSIDIES FOOD SUBSIDY GENDER DIMENSIONS GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP GLOBAL POVERTY GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH POLICIES GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEAD COUNT RATIOS HEALTH HEALTH BUDGETS HEALTH CARE FINANCING HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HOSPITAL SERVICES HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION INCOME INCOME GROWTH INCOME LOSS INCOME POVERTY INCOME SHOCKS INEQUALITY INSURANCE INSURANCE MECHANISMS INSURANCE SCHEMES INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LACK OF INFORMATION LAWS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LIVING STANDARDS LONG RUN MACROECONOMIC POLICY MALNUTRITION MATERNAL HEALTH MIDDLE EAST NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY LINES NORTH AFRICA OLD-AGE PENSION OUTPUT GROWTH PENSIONS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY OBJECTIVE POLICY REFORMS POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATIONS POVERTY CHARACTERISTICS POVERTY DATA POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY FRONT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY OUTCOMES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION PREVENTIVE HEALTH PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRO-POOR PROMOTING GROWTH PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PURCHASING POWER REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY REFUGEES RURAL AREAS RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POOR SAFE WATER SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SANITATION SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SCHOOLING SHORT-RUN CHANGES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE STRUCTURAL REFORMS TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TEMPORARILY POOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY JOBS TERMS OF TRADE SHIFTS TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNDERSTANDING OF POVERTY UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE URBAN POVERTY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY VULNERABLE PEOPLE WATER SUPPLY WITH CHILDREN WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6797133/sustaining-gains-poverty-reduction-human-development-middle-east-north-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7048

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Summary:	This book reviews the experience of the Middle East and North Africa region with poverty and human development since the mid-1980s. It finds that poverty rates did not decline by much during this period while health and education indicators improved substantially. The stagnation of poverty rates is ascribed to the stagnation of the region's economies during this period while the improvement in human indicators is likely due to several factors including improvement in the delivery of public health and education services.

Sustaining Gains in Poverty Reduction and Human Development in the Middle East and North Africa

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