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Tajikistan : Poverty Assessment

Despite Tajikistan's sustained economic growth of the past few years and the country's notable achievements, poverty and low standards of living remain a pressing problem for the majority of Tajik people. Poverty reduction is therefore on...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE ABSOLUTE TERMS ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO FACILITIES ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL WAGE AGRICULTURAL WAGE EMPLOYMENT ANNUAL GROWTH AVERAGE MONTHLY PER CAPITA INCOME BASIC NEEDS CALORIES PER PERSON CALORIES PER PERSON PER DAY CASH TRANSFERS CHILDREN PER WOMAN CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION AGGREGATE CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION POVERTY COPING STRATEGY CORRELATES OF POVERTY DECLINE IN POVERTY DEPENDENCY RATIO DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DISABILITY DISSEMINATION DOMESTIC EMPLOYMENT DOMESTIC LABOR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT SOURCE ESTIMATED REDUCTION ESTIMATES OF POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD BASKET FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD INSECURITY FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY GEOGRAPHIC REGION GINI COEFFICIENT GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATIO HEALTH BUDGET HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SYSTEM HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPORTANT POLICY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INCREASE POVERTY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY EFFECT INEQUALITY MEASURES INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LIVING STANDARDS LOW INEQUALITY MEANS TESTING MIGRANT MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION FLOWS MOUNTAINOUS REGION NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNT NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF MIGRANTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBLAST LEVEL OLD-AGE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PENSIONS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE POINT DECLINE POOR POOR HEALTH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INFRASTRUCTURE POOR POPULATION POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION STATUS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY CHANGE POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE POVERTY IMPACT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCREASE POVERTY INCREASES POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS POVERTY RISK PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRO-POOR PROGRAMMATIC POVERTY ASSESSMENT PROGRESS PUBLIC WORKS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY EDUCATION RATES OF GROWTH REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY REDUCTION OF POVERTY REGIONAL ASSESSMENT REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL PATTERNS REGIONAL POVERTY REMITTANCE REMITTANCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESPECT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DIFFERENCES RURAL HEADCOUNT RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY LINE RURAL SCHOOLS RURAL STANDARD SANITATION SCHOOL QUALITY SELF-EMPLOYMENT SHARP REDUCTION SIGNIFICANT FACTOR SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SQUARED POVERTY GAP TARGETING TOTAL POVERTY TOTAL POVERTY LINE UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAR WELFARE DISTRIBUTION WELFARE IMPACT WELFARE IMPLICATIONS WELFARE IMPROVEMENTS WELFARE INDICATOR WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE MEASURE WELFARE QUINTILES WIDESPREAD POVERTY WINTER MONTHS WORKING-AGE POPULATION WORLD POPULATION
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20100118015430 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3159

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Summary:	Despite Tajikistan's sustained economic growth of the past few years and the country's notable achievements, poverty and low standards of living remain a pressing problem for the majority of Tajik people. Poverty reduction is therefore one of the priority goals of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, of its national and international partners, and of Tajik society as a whole. This report presents a comprehensive analysis of poverty in Tajikistan using the most recent Tajikistan Living Standards Survey (TLSS) data, which is for 2007. The report provides an in-depth analysis of poverty dynamics (since 2003); a poverty profile; the linkages between labor markets, migration, and poverty; the importance of social transfers for poverty alleviation; and the key issues in the health and education sectors. The report also simulates possible poverty impacts from the reduction in migration and remittances related to the global financial crisis. The report shows that migration and remittances are a significant factor in the observed improvements in living standards between 2003 and 2007. However, the expected reduction in migration and remittances due to the financial crisis is likely to result in increased poverty levels, vulnerability, and higher income inequality, at least in the short term.