Verner, Dorte2012-05-292012-05-292008-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6555This paper analyzes poverty in Haiti based on the first Living Conditions Survey of 7,186 households covering the whole country and representative at the regional level. Using a USD1 a day extreme poverty line, the analysis reveals that 49 percent of Haitian households live in absolute poverty. Twenty, 56, and 58 percent of households in metropolitan, urban, and rural areas, respectively, are poor. At the regional level, poverty is especially extensive in the northeastern and northwestern regions. Access to assets such as education and infrastructure services is highly unequal and strongly correlated with poverty. Moreover, children in indigent households attain less education than children in nonpoor households. Controlling for individual and household characteristics, location, and region, living in a rural area does not by itself affect the probability of being poor. But in rural areas female headed households are more likely to experience poverty than male headed households. Domestic migration and education are both key factors that reduce the likelihood of falling into poverty. Employment is essential to improve livelihoods and both the farm and nonfarm sector play a key role.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYACCESS TO GOODSACCESS TO IRRIGATIONACCESS TO SERVICESADULT ILLITERACYAGE DISTRIBUTIONAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENTAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL SECTORBASIC HUMAN NEEDSBASIC INFRASTRUCTUREBASIC NEEDSCASH TRANSFERSCENTER FOR HEALTHCHILDREN PER WOMANCLEAN DRINKING WATERCLEAN WATERCONFLICTCURRENT POPULATIONDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGEDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEMOGRAPHIC FACTORSDEMOGRAPHIC TRENDSDEPENDENCY RATIODEVELOPING COUNTRIESDOMESTIC VIOLENCEDRUGSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC POLICIESEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELDERLYELDERLY PEOPLEEMPLOYMENT INCOMEEQUAL ACCESSEXPOSURE TO VIOLENCEEXTENDED FAMILYEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME POVERTY LINEEXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDSFAMILY INCOMEFAMILY MEMBERSFAMILY PLANNING SERVICESFARM SECTORFARM SIZEFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFOOD CROPSFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFORCED SEXFORMAL EDUCATIONGLOBAL HEALTHGLOBAL HEALTH COUNCILGOOD GOVERNANCEHEALTH CAREHEALTH PROGRAMSHIGH POPULATION GROWTHHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN CAPITALILLITERACYILLITERACY RATEIMPACT ON POVERTYINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GROWTHINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME POVERTYINCOME QUINTILEINCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIESINEQUITIESINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFORMED DECISIONSINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINVESTMENTS IN EDUCATIONIRRIGATIONJOB OPPORTUNITIESLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLABOR SUPPLYLACK OF EDUCATIONLACK OF INFRASTRUCTURELAND OWNERSHIPLAND TENURELANDHOLDINGSLANDLESS HOUSEHOLDSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVEL OF POVERTYLIFE EXPECTANCYLIVE BIRTHSLIVING CONDITIONSMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMALNUTRITIONMEATMEDIA COVERAGEMIGRANTSMIGRATIONNUMBER OF AIDS CASESNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSOLD AGEPEACEPENSIONSPLACE OF RESIDENCEPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL INSTABILITYPOLITICAL TURMOILPOORPOOR HOUSEHOLDPOOR PEOPLEPOPULATION CHANGESPOPULATION DATAPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION GROUPSPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPOPULATION GROWTH RATESPOPULATION SIZEPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGYPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY HEADPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY INDICATORSPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCINGPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY STATUSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIVATE TRANSFERSPROGRESSPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF LIFERELIABLE FAMILY PLANNINGREMITTANCEREMITTANCESREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAMSRISK FACTORSROLE MODELSRURALRURAL AREARURAL AREASRURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL DWELLERSRURAL FARMERSRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INEQUALITYRURAL MARKETSRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POPULATIONSRURAL POVERTYRURAL RESIDENTSSAFE WATERSAFETY NETSAFETY NETSSANITATIONSAVINGSSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL YEARSECONDARY EDUCATIONSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVISIONSMALL FARMSSMALLHOLDERSSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL WELFARESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL SKILLSTERTIARY EDUCATIONTRANSPORTATIONUNMET DEMANDURBAN AREASURBAN DWELLERSURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POPULATIONSURBAN POVERTYURBANIZATIONVICTIMSVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENVULNERABLE GROUPSWOMANWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG ADULTSYOUNG AGEYOUNG CHILDRENYOUNG MENWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4571