Latvia - Sharing the High Growth Dividend : A Living Standards Assessment

Between 1998 and 2004, Latvia achieved substantial progress in poverty reduction, with an estimated 325,000 people moving out of poverty over this period. This report examines the extent and causes of poverty reduction during this period using data...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE AGE GROUPS AGGREGATE GROWTH AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOME LEVEL AVERAGE INCOMES CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CORRELATES OF POVERTY DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DISCRIMINATION DROP IN POVERTY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC REFORMS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT STATUS ETHNIC GROUPS EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GENDER DIFFERENCES GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GROSS WAGE GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HIGH GROWTH HIGH GROWTH RATE HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITIES INCOME INEQUALITY INDUSTRIAL SECTOR INEQUALITY INEQUALITY LEVELS INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE JOB TENURE JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOW POVERTY RATE MANUAL OCCUPATIONS MARKET ECONOMY MIGRATION NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL ACTION NATIONAL ACTION PLAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OCCUPATION OLDER WORKERS OUTPUT GROWTH PENSIONS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA GROWTH PER-CAPITA INCOME POOR POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PROBIT REGRESSION PROGRAM CATEGORIES PROGRESS PUBLIC SECTOR PURCHASING POWER REAL WAGES REGIONAL INEQUALITIES RETAIL TRADE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE SECTOR SERVICE SECTORS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECURITY TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TEMPORARY WORK TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSFER PROGRAMS TRANSITION COUNTRIES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED LABOR UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN AREAS VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE GAP WELFARE INDICATORS WESTERN EUROPE WORKERS WORKFORCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/03/7533232/latvia-sharing-high-growth-dividend-living-standards-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7980