Publication: Republic of Fiji - Poverty Trends, Profiles and Small Area Estimation (Poverty Maps) in Republic of Fiji (2003-2009)
Date
2011-09-15
ISSN
Published
2011-09-15
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This report presents a detailed analysis
of household poverty and its drivers - family, labor and
human capital outcomes, social assistance transfers, and
geography - based on new expenditure based poverty measures.
The report is the culmination of a comprehensive year-long
Aus AID funded collaboration between the Fiji Islands Bureau
of Statistics (FIBOS) and the World Bank to develop new
poverty measures and maps that produce poverty estimates at
highly disaggregated levels. The report draws on the last
two rounds of Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES)
(from 2002-3 and 2007-8) as well as the national census of
2007. According to the expenditure based estimates developed
in this report, in 2008/09 just over a third of the Fijian
population lived in poverty. Poverty in Fiji is driven by
multiple factors. The report presents the first national
level poverty maps created for Fiji and in the Pacific using
the national census, which provides a powerful visual
depiction of poverty pockets that can help to ensure that
anti-poverty programs reach the poor.
Citation
“World Bank. 2011. Republic of Fiji - Poverty Trends, Profiles and Small Area Estimation (Poverty Maps) in Republic of Fiji (2003-2009). © World Bank. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2791 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”