Sharma, DhirajVishwanath, TaraBlankespoor, BrianKrishnan, Nandini2015-07-292015-07-292015-06-23https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22351Measuring poverty and tracking it over time is an important prerequisite to national economic planning. Absence of official data on household expenditure or poverty line hampered the ability of Iraqi policymakers to understand the extent of the problem, analyze their causes, and devise appropriate policies. Iraq household socioeconomic survey (IHSES) 2006-07 was the first survey of its kind since 1988 to cover all 18 governorates. The survey collected rich information on income, expenditure, employment, housing, education, health, and other socioeconomic indicators. Building on the experience of the first IHSES survey and using international best practice on sampling and questionnaire design and survey implementation, the second round of IHSES was fielded in 201-/13. To fill the data gap, a larger survey was designed to collect information on correlates of household welfare like demographic characteristics, education, occupation, housing, and assets and estimate small-area poverty rates using projection methods. This report presents results from the exercise, the first of its kind for Iraq. Poverty mapping not only provides a visual representation of poverty at subnational levels, it also reveals pockets of poverty and islands of prosperity where they exist. This knowledge is useful to inform decisions on policy design and targeting of development projects and programs.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOSANITATIONREGIONAL POVERTY LINESHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SIZEDURABLE GOODSPOVERTY LINECHECKSACCOUNTINGREGIONAL DUMMYOIL RESERVEEMPIRICAL QUESTIONINFORMATION SYSTEMFOOD CONSUMPTIONINCOMEINTERESTDUMMY VARIABLESPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY ESTIMATESINVESTMENT FUNDLIVING STANDARDNATIONAL POVERTY LINECOUNTERFACTUALHOUSINGNATIONAL POVERTYDURABLE ASSETSPOOR PEOPLETAXNATIONAL POVERTY RATEPOOR AREADUMMY VARIABLERESERVECALORIC INTAKEMEASURESNATIONAL POVERTY LINESREGIONMATERNAL MORTALITYPOVERTY REDUCTIONBUDGETREGIONAL POVERTYMEASURING POVERTYIMMUNIZATIONCONTRACT ENFORCEMENTHOUSEHOLD HEADNON-FOOD CONSUMPTIONPOVERTY MAPPING EXERCISEOPTIONSPOVERTY INCIDENCESTANDARD ERRORSPOOR AREASEQUIPMENTSMARKETSPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATESHOUSEHOLD INCOMEPOVERTY STATUSLOCAL GOVERNMENTPOVERTY MAPSHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSSOCIAL PROTECTIONRESERVESHOUSEHOLD MEMBERSPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATEPOVERTY MAPHOUSEHOLD HEADSEXPENDITURETRANSACTIONSHOUSEHOLD LEVELEQUITYWELFARE PROGRAMPOVERTY LINESCONSUMPTIONREGIONAL MODELSWIDESPREAD POVERTYDROUGHTSPATIAL PATTERNMOBILE PHONERURAL AREARETURNSAUTONOMOUS REGIONPOVERTY MAPPINGHOUSEHOLDCONTRACTFOOD EXPENDITUREEMPLOYMENT STATUSPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYAGRICULTURAL LANDRURALSHARESHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICSNUTRITIONPOVERTY MAPPING METHODOLOGYMARKETHOUSEHOLD BUDGETACCESS TO MARKETSFOODCHILD MORTALITYTARGETINGPOVERTY INDICATORSWELFARE MEASURESGOODSSECURITYREGIONSCORRELATES OF POVERTYDURABLEDRINKING WATERWARINVESTMENTIRRIGATIONSPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONSHAREACCESS TO SERVICESRURAL AREASPOVERTYCLEAN WATERINCIDENCE OF POVERTYHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONCHECKDECLINE IN POVERTYTRUST FUNDHEADCOUNT RATEDECLINE IN POVERTY RATESHOUSEHOLD WELFARENON-FOOD EXPENDITUREPOVERTY RATEPOORPOVERTY ASSESSMENTINSTRUMENTPOOR PERSONSLABOR MARKETSHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITUREPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONDETERMINANTS OF POVERTYHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINEQUALITYPOOR HOUSEHOLDSReportWorld Bank10.1596/22351