Costa Rica Poverty Assessment : Recapturing Momentum for Poverty Reduction

This study examines recent developments on the poverty front in Costa Rica, with particular emphasis on why poverty rates have not declined over the last 10 years despite consistent economic growth over the period. To accomplish this, the report de...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE TERMS ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ADULT POPULATION ANTI-POVERTY ANTI-POVERTY INTERVENTIONS AVERAGE INCOME BABIES BASIC EDUCATION CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICAN CHANGES IN POVERTY CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES CORRELATES OF POVERTY COUNTRY LEVEL CURRENT POVERTY CURRENT POVERTY SITUATION DETERMINANTS OF GROWTH DETERMINANTS OF POVERTY DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DIMENSIONAL POVERTY DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC PROGRESS EDUCATION LEVEL EXTREME POVERTY EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE FAMILY EDUCATION FEMALE WORKERS FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY FINANCIAL CRISIS FIREWOOD GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEALTH EXPENDITURE HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH REFORM HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SYSTEM HIGH POVERTY HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION STATUS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INCOME POVERTY INCOME QUINTILE INCOME SHARE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFORMATION SYSTEM LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LATIN AMERICAN LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVE BIRTHS LIVING STANDARDS LONG-TERM GROWTH LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALARIA MATERNAL HEALTH MEASLES MINISTRY OF HEALTH NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS OLD AGE PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOMES POOR POOR AREAS POOR BENEFIT POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POPULATION INFORMATION POTABLE WATER POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY FRONT POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY SITUATION POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROGRESS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY EDUCATION REDUCING POVERTY REGIONAL DISPARITIES RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SAFETY NET SANITATION SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATES SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL SERIES OF MEETINGS SINGLE MOTHERS SKILLED WORKERS SMALL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SECURITY TARGETING TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY VULNERABLE GROUPS WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLIES WORKFORCE WORKING MOTHERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7637246/costa-rica-poverty-assessment-recapturing-momentum-poverty-reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7678

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7678

Costa Rica Poverty Assessment : Recapturing Momentum for Poverty Reduction

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