This chapter was originally drafted in 2007 to inform the diagnostic of Liberia’s first Poverty Reduction Strategy. It … 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 …

This paper presents a basic profile and analysis of the correlates of poverty in the Central African Republic using … African Institute of Statistics and Economic and Social Studies. The estimates of poverty are obtained following the cost of … basic needs methodology. Poverty affects almost two thirds of the population, particularly in rural areas. Among the most …

This paper provides a profile and an analysis of the correlates of poverty in the Republic of Congo using a 2005 … household survey. Poverty affects more than half of the population, especially in peri-urban and rural areas. Perceptions of … poverty as well as the correlates of poverty are also discussed. …

This paper analyzes the trend in, and determinants of poverty in Mali from 2001 and 2006. Thanks to strong economic … growth, poverty has been reduced. Yet due to demographic growth, the number of the poor is still increasing. Households … working in agriculture, especially in the cotton producing area of Sikasso, suffer from higher rates of poverty. Other …

This paper provides comparable estimates of poverty in Senegal from 1994 to 20076 using household surveys (ESAM I, ESAM … II, and ESPS). Nationally, the share of the population in poverty was reduced from 67.9% in 1994/95 to 57.1% in 2001 …/02, and finally 50.8% in 2005/06. Poverty was reduced more significantly in urban than in rural areas, and large differences …