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Poverty in Liberia: Level,Profile, and Determinants

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  • Backiny-Yetna, Prospere
  • Wodon, Quentin
  • Mungai, Rose
  • Tsimpo, Clarence

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This chapter was originally drafted in 2007 to inform the diagnostic of Liberia’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy. It is based on an analysis of the Core Welfare Questionnaire Indicator survey implemented in 2007 by Liberia’s Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services. The chapter estimates the level of poverty and vulnerability in the country, provides a profile of poverty, and analyzes the household level determinants or correlates of consumption and poverty. Slightly less than two thirds of the population (63.8 percent) is estimated to be poor. If patterns of growth that have been observed recently are maintained, poverty could be significantly reduced by 2015. In terms of the profile and determinants of poverty, as expected, consumption levels and the probability of being poor vary substantially between households according to characteristics such as geographic location, the education and employment of the household head or spouse, and household size.

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  • Backiny-Yetna, Prospere & Wodon, Quentin & Mungai, Rose & Tsimpo, Clarence, 2012. "Poverty in Liberia: Level,Profile, and Determinants," MPRA Paper 38546, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Rutherford, Diana Duff & Burke, Holly M. & Cheung, Kelly K. & Field, Samuel H., 2016. "Impact of an Agricultural Value Chain Project on Smallholder Farmers, Households, and Children in Liberia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 70-83.
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    5. World Bank, 2013. "Liberia Public Expenditure Review : Options for Fiscal Space Enlargement," World Bank Publications - Reports 16779, The World Bank Group.
    6. Tsimpo, Clarence & Wodon, Quentin, 2008. "Rice prices and poverty in Liberia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4742, The World Bank.

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    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty

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