Download or read book Poverty in Guatemala written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available evidence suggests that poverty levels in Guatemala are higher than other Central American countries, with data for 2000 showing over half of all Guatemalans (about 6.4 million people) living in poverty, with about 16 per cent classified as living in extreme poverty. This report provides a multi-dimensional analysis of poverty in the country, using both quantitative and qualitative data, as well as examining the impact of government policies and spending on the poor. Policy options and priorities for poverty reduction strategies are identified under the key challenges of building opportunities and assets, reducing vulnerabilities, improving institutions and empowering communities.
Download or read book Guatemala written by World Bank and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guatemala Poverty Assessment written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guatemala Poverty Assessment written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guatemala Poverty Assessment written by Weltbank and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is organized into three sections with seven chapters. The first section assesses poverty levels and changes over time within Guatemala and compares both the levels and changes to those of other countries. It summarizes the overall conditions and changes in Guatemala (chapter one); presents the country's poverty profile and analyzes the evolution of poverty over time and space using monetary and non-monetary indicators, population changes and inequality (chapter two); and benchmarks Guatemala's social progress against other countries in the region and the world (chapter three). The second section analyzes social programs and considers how existing policies and programs could improve their impact on poverty. It highlights some of the key features of social programs in education, health, and social assistance (chapter four); and estimates the potential impact of an expansion of a conditional cash transfer program on poverty (chapter five). The third section focuses on the sources of income of the poor. It documents the evolution of the sources of income examines regional specific characteristics that promote or hinder households potentials (chapter six); and carries out a preliminary analysis of shocks and vulnerability influencing household wellbeing covering the impact of hurricane Stan, a potential reduction in remittances, food price increases, and crime and violence (chapter seven).
Download or read book Poverty in Guatemala written by Weltbank and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This poverty assessment report has three main objectives: 1) to conduct an in-depth, multi- dimensional analysis of poverty building on the framework of the World Bank's World Development Report (WDR) for 2000/2001 using both quantitative and qualitative data; 2) to examine the impact of government policies and spending on the poor in key sectors; and 3) to use the empirical findings to identify options and priorities for poverty reduction in the future. Policy options are outlined not only in general, but for the specific themes and sectors covered. Chapter 2 examines the poverty "problem" using an array of monetary and social indicators, as well as perceptions of poverty identified by Guatemalan communities and households themselves. In general, poverty is determined by key household endowments and characteristics. These are analyzed in Chapter 3. Yet historical forces and contextual factors also play a crucial role in shaping patterns of poverty. These factors are discussed in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 examines the relationship between poverty and economic growth in Guatemala from a "macro" perspective. Chapter 6 builds on this macro-economic context to further examine the livelihoods and earnings opportunities of the poor at the household level ("micro" perspective), with a focus on rural livelihoods. The poor also rely on a portfolio of assets in order to forge opportunity, including education (Chapter 7), health (Chapter 8), basic utility services (Chapter 9), land and financial assets (Chapter 6), and access to transport (Chapter 10). Generally, the poor suffer from an unequal distribution of these assets. Chapter 11 provides an operational assessment of vulnerability, while Chapter 12 reviews existing social protection and social risk management mechanisms to assess their adequacy and offer insights into ways in which to strengthen them. As discussed in Chapter 4, one of the key remaining challenges for the Peace Agenda is the modernization of the state and a strengthening of community and social participation. Chapter 13 also considers the role of other important actors in development, namely the private sector, NGOs, and religious organizations. Finally, Chapter 14 builds on the empirical findings in the rest of the report to build an agenda for poverty reduction in Guatemala. Broadly speaking, a concerted strategy should be adopted to reduce poverty by building opportunities and assets, reducing vulnerability, improving institutions and empowering co...
Download or read book Education and Poverty in Guatemala written by John Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guatemala an Assessment of Poverty written by World Bank : Latin America and Caribbean Region and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guatemala Livelihoods Labor Markets and Rural Poverty written by Renos Vakis and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poverty in Guatemala written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guatemala the Education Sector written by Maria Elena Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Vulnerability and Shocks on the Poor written by Emil Tesliuc and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Guatemala Poverty Assessment (GUAPA) report was part of a broader, multi-year program of analytical work and technical assistance that signals the commitment of the World Bank to poverty reduction and seeks to: (a) contribute to filling the crucial information gaps on poverty and living conditions; (b) deliver timely outputs on a regular and on-going basis in response to the Government's requests and data availability; and (c) provide longer-term partnering and collaboration on poverty analysis and strategy. One of the major components of the study examined how the limited assets of the poor make them particularly vulnerable to adverse shocks. In the wake of recent shocks in Guatemala (Hurricane Mitch in 1998, the recent coffee crisis, droughts and deaths from extreme acute malnutrition), the issue of vulnerability has taken center stage in policy discussions. As such, the World Bank conducted a Risk and Vulnerability Assessment (RVA) as part of the broader GUAPA. The RVA brings a "vulnerability lens" to poverty analysis. Instead of a passive, reactive approach (given poverty, what can be done to reduce it?), it takes a dynamic, proactive approach (given vulnerability, poverty and risks, what can be done to get help poor people escape poverty and reduce the likelihood that others will fall into poverty?). Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative data, the RVA analyzed both vulnerability to shocks and vulnerable groups.
Download or read book Guatemala written by Jyotsna Puri and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper is the first of a trilogy of papers that examine the impact of road related work on poverty in Guatemala. In this paper, I describe the methodology and data used for undertaking this study. To analyze how roads may affect availability and cost of access to services, the study describes data from the Living Standards Measurement Survey (ENCOVI 2000, conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Guatemala) for Guatemala. This is a survey of 7,276 households and 481 communities. It goes on to describe possible methods that may be used for undertaking this analysis. This paper, along with the other two were used as inputs to the World Bank Guatemala Poverty Assessment.
Download or read book The Accuracy Precision and Implementation Challenges of Three Different Poverty Measurement Tools in El Salvador and Guatemala written by Brendan Scott Janet and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability to determine whether an individual or a household is poor is crucial for development institutions concerned with poverty alleviation. Governments and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) "need to know who is poor" in order to track the poverty status of their beneficiaries. Recently, innovations have emerged from the microfinance field that may make it feasible for small-scale institutions to measure poverty via a short, statistically powerful survey. Using the general methodology of proxy-means testing, several Poverty Measurement Tools (PMTs) have been created, allowing organizations to quickly, and cost effectively, measure the poverty statuses of their beneficiaries. Among the most widely used PMTs are the Poverty Assessment Tool (PAT) designed by USAID and IRIS Center, the Progress Out of Poverty Index (PPI) jointly designed by Mark Schreiner, Director of Microfinance Risk Management, and Grameen Foundation, and the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), designed by Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative. Catholic Relief Services (CRS), one of the largest international development NGOs, is considering adopting one of these PMTs as a standard tool to both target beneficiaries and track changes in poverty across several different development programs. We provide a detailed literature review on the available PMTs, including alternative poverty measurement approaches such as Participatory Wealth Ranking. Using the El Salvador household survey of multiple purposes 2008, we test the accuracy and precision levels of the PPI and PAT estimates of poverty and estimates of household targeting. By implementing a composite survey in El Salvador and Guatemala we compare the poverty incidences and relative ranking ability of single-dimension (PPI & PAT) and multidimensional (MPI) poverty tools. Finally, we provide a discussion on the feasibility of PMT implementation. The El Salvador accuracy results suggest that single dimension poverty tools give relatively accurate estimates of the poverty incidence across different areas and regions (when the "true" incidence of poverty is determined by the same single dimension). Compared to the PAT, the PPI is a slightly more accurate tool for targeting purposes (at specific cutoffs). The El Salvador and Guatemala fieldwork results suggest that the single dimension poverty tools estimate similar poverty incidences and predict a majority of the same households as poor. On the contrary, the results also revealed that single dimension and multidimensional PMTs estimate less than a majority of the same households as poor. Finally, for CRS the PPI is the most practical and easy-to-use PMT among the three. In order to accurately and feasibly capture the multiple layers of poverty, we recommend that CRS adopt a 'hybrid' PMT, which includes the country specific PPI and a formatted version of the MPI.
Download or read book Transport and Poverty in Guatemala written by Jyotsna Puri and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper is the second of a trilogy of papers that measure the impact of roads on poverty in Guatemala. The objective of this study is to construct a detailed and informative poverty-access profile that can simultaneously inform Guatemala's poverty reduction and rural transport strategies and was undertaken as part of the World Bank's poverty assessment for the country, and to assess the effect of rural road rehabilitation, undertaken by the World Bank as part of its loan program. The presence of an extensive household and community level dataset on transport that is linked to a living standards survey at the household level-the ENCOVI 2000 (Encuesta Nacional de Condiciones de Vida or The Living Standard Measurement Survey, LSMS) - presents a rare opportunity. The ENCOVI 2000 was collected by Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Guatemala, and contains a special module on transport and road construction which highlights its importance in discussions of poverty in the country. The study examines several topics: First it measures the extent to which basic services are already available in Guatemala. Second it examines the linkages between the provision of transport infrastructure and poverty, vulnerability and exclusion. Third, it measures the extent to which physical access is a limitation in accessing basic services. Firstly, road quality is a critical bottleneck for economic progress in Guatemala, impacting access to markets, employment and merit services. Lack of road works such as rehabilitation, regular and periodic repair and improvement works (filling up ditches and repairing holes) is integral to the road network of the country. This is especially important because the absence of good quality roads has exacerbated the isolation felt by poor indigenous communities, already deeply impacted by the long civil strife. Problems of road quality are most felt in the north and the north-west which are also amongst the poorest regions of the country. Secondly the absence of a 'transitable' road network has also affected the provision and use of public transport - which is very important in Guatemala, especially because low per capita incomes make private transport infrastructure un-affordable. Women spend 4 hours in some areas just to provide their households with wood. Again, in the north and the north-west, in the absence of motorized transport, policy should be directed towards emphasizing the use of non-motorized transport and building and repairing pedestrian walkways which would make traversing long distances over mountains, easier, for the rural poor. Thirdly it is clear that the presence of motorable roads is correlated with greater availability of a variety of other services: communication services (phones and post offices) and vulnerability reducing services (such as Banks , Cooperatives, Police stations and Fire Stations). These communities are also less excluded - evident by the relatively lower travel distances to bus stops and other transportation infrastructure. Providing public means of easily available and affordable transportation will play an important role in integrating Guatemala and providing the poor and the indigenous sections of society with a perception of 'progress' and inclusion. This study provides a detailed overview of the correlation between the provision of transport infrastructure and services on one side, and access to other services such as health, education, markets and employment on the other. However one cannot infer causality from cross-tabs and correlation's. This is because roads are not randomly placed and it is highly likely that factors that have led to road placement, also impact outcomes of interest. Also, impacts of roads are primarily indirect and depend on interactions with other investments, availability of social and physical infrastructure, and, geographic, community and household characteristics. Finally, rarely do roads have only local impacts. For analytical purposes this means that it is difficult to control for heterogeneity of factors that interact with roads to produce impacts associated with roads, since a lot of factors that could help us control heterogeneity, may themselves have been determined by past road investments and networks. These topics are explored in the third paper in these series.
Download or read book Indigenous People and Poverty in Latin America written by George Psacharopoulos and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous people constitute a large portion of Latin America's population and suffer from severe and widespread poverty. They are more likely than any other groups of a country's population to be poor. This study documents their socioeconomic situation and shows how it can be improved through changes in policy-influenced variables such as education. The authors review the literature of indigenous people around the world and provide a statistical overview of those in Latin America. Case studies profile the indigenous populations in Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru, examining their distribution, education, income, labour force participation and differences in gender roles. A final chapter presents recommendations for conducting future research.
