World Bank2013-07-102013-07-102003-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14435Timor-Leste has achieved enormous progress in rehabilitating its economy, reconstructing its infrastructure, reintegrating its refugees and building the key elements of a sustainable political process in an environment of internal peace. It now faces many challenges of nation-building and of overcoming the deprivation affecting the lives of the poor. This report written in two volumes lays out the challenge of poverty reduction in Timor-Leste. It is based on the first nationally-representative household survey collected during August to December 2001. The report's objectives are modest: to set a baseline for the new country on the extent, nature and dimensions of poverty; and to assist the decision making of the newly elected government and its efforts in formulating, implementing and monitoring its Poverty Reduction Strategy. The overall objective was not to lay out the elements of poverty strategy but rather to present evidence on the basis of which the Timorese can define and refine their own poverty reduction strategy. The key challenge lies now in formulating a poverty monitoring plan that includes both quantitative and participatory elements, and lays out the institutional arrangement for data analysis and reporting to ensure that the collected data inform policy making and program design.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOPOVERTY REDUCTIONABSOLUTE POVERTYRURAL POVERTYHUMAN CAPITALCAPACITY BUILDINGREFUGEESHEALTH CARE DELIVERYSOCIAL SERVICESVULNERABLE GROUPSSOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTFOOD SECURITYACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTUREACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESACCESS TO MARKETSADULT ILLITERACYAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL LANDBASIC HEALTHBASIC HEALTH SERVICESBASIC SOCIAL SERVICEBASIC SOCIAL SERVICESCHILD WELFARECOMMUNITY HEALTHCONFLICTCONSUMPTION POVERTYCURRENT POPULATIONDAILY EARNINGSDECISION MAKINGDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDIETDIPHTHERIADISADVANTAGED GROUPSDISSEMINATIONDIVERSIFICATIONDROPOUTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC STATUSEDUCATIONEDUCATION LEVELELDERLYEMPLOYMENT GENERATIONEMPLOYMENT STATUSFAMILIESFARM ACTIVITIESFARM ASSETSFARM WORKERSFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFOOD AVAILABILITYFOOD INSECURITYFOOD SECURITYGINI COEFFICIENTGIRLSGOVERNMENT POLICIESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH PROSPECTSHEALTHHEALTH CAREHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH INDICATORSHEALTH INTERVENTIONSHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH POLICYHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SYSTEMSHIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATESHOSPITALHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITYHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALILLITERACYIMMUNIZATIONIMPROVING PRODUCTIVITYINADEQUATE FOODINCOMEINCOME INEQUALITYINSURANCEINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINEIRRIGATIONLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETSLAND HOLDINGSLAND SIZELIVESTOCK ASSETSLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSMEASLESMEDICAL SERVICESMEDIUM TERMMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMOTHERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNATIONAL POVERTYNATURAL RESOURCEORPHANSOUTPATIENT CAREPEACEPER CAPITA GROWTHPESTICIDESPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLICY ISSUESPOLICY OBJECTIVEPOLICY OPTIONSPOLICY RESPONSEPOLITICAL PROCESSPOORPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PAYPOOR PEOPLEPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDSPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH RATESPOST-CONFLICT COUNTRIESPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY DATAPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIMARY HEALTH FACILITIESPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOLINGPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRO-POORPROGRESSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HOSPITALSPUBLIC SPENDINGPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYQUALITY CONTROLREFUGEESRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRURALRURAL AREASRURAL DIVIDERURAL LIVING STANDARDSRURAL POORSAFE DRINKING WATERSAFE WATERSAFETY NETSANITATIONSCHOOL AGESCHOOL CHILDRENSCHOOL YEARSCHOOL-AGE POPULATIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE UTILIZATIONSOCIAL EXPENDITURESSOCIAL SECTORSSOCIAL SERVICESSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTERTIARY EDUCATIONTETANUSTRADE POLICYTRANSPORTATIONUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATESURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERSURBAN DWELLERSURBAN POPULATIONSVACCINATIONVEGETABLESVIOLENCEVULNERABILITYWAGE RATESWELFARE INDICATORWORKERSYOUNG PEOPLE POVERTY REDUCTIONABSOLUTE POVERTYRURAL POVERTYHUMAN CAPITALCAPACITY BUILDINGREFUGEESHEALTH CARE DELIVERYSOCIAL SERVICESVULNERABLE GROUPSSOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTFOOD SECURITYWorld Bank10.1596/14435