Iqbal, Farrukh2012-06-042012-06-042006978-0-8213-6527-4https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7048This book reviews the experience of the Middle East and North Africa region with poverty and human development since the mid-1980s. It finds that poverty rates did not decline by much during this period while health and education indicators improved substantially. The stagnation of poverty rates is ascribed to the stagnation of the region's economies during this period while the improvement in human indicators is likely due to several factors including improvement in the delivery of public health and education services.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYAGINGANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMSASSISTANCE PROGRAMSCASH ASSISTANCECASH TRANSFERCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSCASH TRANSFERSCHILD HEALTHCHILD HEALTH SERVICESCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY RATESCHRONICALLY POORCOMMERCIAL BANKSCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPARATOR COUNTRIESDATA AVAILABILITYDECISION MAKINGDEVELOPING REGIONSDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDIETSECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC SHOCKECONOMIC STAGNATIONEDUCATED PEOPLEEDUCATIONEDUCATION­POVERTYEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMSENERGY SUBSIDIESENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEXTREME POVERTYFAMILIESFEMALE EDUCATIONFEMALE LITERACYFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFOOD SUBSIDIESFOOD SUBSIDYGENDER DIMENSIONSGLOBAL PARTNERSHIPGLOBAL POVERTYGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH POLICIESGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHEAD COUNT RATIOSHEALTHHEALTH BUDGETSHEALTH CARE FINANCINGHEALTH CARE SERVICESHEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SERVICESHOSPITAL SERVICESHOUSEHOLD DATAHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD INCOMESHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTIONINCOMEINCOME GROWTHINCOME LOSSINCOME POVERTYINCOME SHOCKSINEQUALITYINSURANCEINSURANCE MECHANISMSINSURANCE SCHEMESINTERNATIONAL AGENCIESLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLACK OF INFORMATIONLAWSLIFE EXPECTANCYLIVE BIRTHSLIVING STANDARDSLONG RUNMACROECONOMIC POLICYMALNUTRITIONMATERNAL HEALTHMIDDLE EASTNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENATIONAL POVERTY LINESNORTH AFRICAOLD-AGE PENSIONOUTPUT GROWTHPENSIONSPER CAPITA INCOMEPOLICY OBJECTIVEPOLICY REFORMSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOORPOOR CHILDRENPOOR PEOPLEPOOR POPULATIONSPOVERTY CHARACTERISTICSPOVERTY DATAPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY FRONTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY OUTCOMESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCINGPOVERTY REDUCTIONPREVENTIVE HEALTHPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIVATE TRANSFERSPRO-POORPROMOTING GROWTHPUBLIC EMPLOYMENTPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONSPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSPURCHASING POWERREDUCING POVERTYREDUCTION STRATEGYREFUGEESRURAL AREASRURAL INFRASTRUCTURERURAL POORSAFE WATERSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSAFETY NETSSANITATIONSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSSCHOOLINGSHORT-RUN CHANGESSOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SAFETY NETSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL WELFARESTRUCTURAL REFORMSTARGETINGTARGETING MECHANISMSTEMPORARILY POORTEMPORARY EMPLOYMENTTEMPORARY JOBSTERMS OF TRADE SHIFTSTRADE LIBERALIZATIONUNDERSTANDING OF POVERTYUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCEURBAN POVERTYVULNERABILITY TO POVERTYVULNERABLE PEOPLEWATER SUPPLYWITH CHILDRENWORKERSWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-6527-4