El Salvador : Poverty Assessment, Strengthening Social Policy

The experience of the 1990s suggests that economic growth has been - and will continue to be - a key feature of El Salvador's accomplishments in reducing poverty. This means that there will be high returns for poverty reduction when the Government of El Salvador takes the necessary measure to r...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Poverty Assessment
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO MARKETS AGGREGATE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES BASIC EDUCATION BASIC HEALTH BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE CASH TRANSFERS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CONDITIONAL CASH COST EFFECTIVENESS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DISAGGREGATED LEVEL ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC SHOCKS EMPIRICAL LITERATURE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EXCHANGE RATE EXOGENOUS SHOCKS EXTERNAL FACTORS EXTREME POVERTY FEE WAIVERS GENDER GAPS HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPENDING HOMELESS HOSPITAL CARE HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION INCOME INCOME CONSTANT INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INFANT MORTALITY INVESTMENT CLIMATE ISOLATION MEDICAL INSURANCE MEDICAL SERVICES MICRO-CREDIT MIGRATION MORTALITY MUNICIPAL CAPACITY NATIONAL POVERTY NUTRITIONAL STATUS PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY ISSUES POOR POOR BENEFIT POOR CHILDREN POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POTABLE WATER POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ASSESSMENT TEAM POVERTY DECLINE POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAM POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY SITUATION POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRO-POOR PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC SUBSIDY REDUCING POVERTY REFORM EFFORTS REFORM PROCESS RELATIVE GAINS RISK GROUPS RISK MANAGEMENT ROAD MAINTENANCE RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY RURAL ROAD RURAL ROADS SAFE WATER SAFETY NETS SANITATION SCHOOLING SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATES SECONDARY SCHOOLING SECTOR REFORMS SHOCK SOCIAL INVESTMENT SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL RISK SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSISTENCE SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TOTAL POVERTY TRANSIENT POVERTY URBAN AREAS URBAN POOR VIOLENCE VULNERABLE CITIZENS VULNERABLE FAMILIES VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WAR WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6528272/el-salvador-poverty-assessment-strengthening-social-policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8427

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Summary:	The experience of the 1990s suggests that economic growth has been - and will continue to be - a key feature of El Salvador's accomplishments in reducing poverty. This means that there will be high returns for poverty reduction when the Government of El Salvador takes the necessary measure to reinvigorate economic growth in the 2000s - through policies and investments that: (1) increase education levels of the population, (2) develop the country's economic infrastructure, (3) foster greater technology adoption and local innovation, and (4) improve the investment climate (including making efforts to reduce violence and increase the rule of law). The fact that many of the poorest, most vulnerable Salvadorans have been unable to take advantage of recent growth suggests, however, that it will be increasingly important for El Salvador to put in place a coherent set of policies and investments to ensure that the poor can share in and benefit from future economic progress. To build effectively on past achievements, it will thus be important for El Salvador to craft a national social policy that builds on recent accomplishments to strengthen the human capital of all Salvadorans, and strengthens people's access to markets and basic services. For many of the remaining poor, better access to quality education and health care, and greater access to markets and basic services, such as safe water, will be sufficient to enable them to escape from poverty. Nonetheless, there are others who will still lack the capacity to take advantage of new and emerging opportunities and who will be especially vulnerable in the face of shocks. A third key element of a national social policy will thus be to put in place the instruments to assist and protect the poorest, most vulnerable members of society.

El Salvador : Poverty Assessment, Strengthening Social Policy

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