World BankAgency for Statistics of Bosnia and HerzegovinaFBiH Institute for StatisticsRS Institute for StatisticsAGe2015-08-182015-08-182015-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22472This note describes the trends in, and composition of, absolute poverty based on household expenditures, and is thus concerned, as a matter of policy objectives, with access of the population to a particular minimum standard of living. This should be viewed as complementary to the companion note on social exclusion based on Europe 2020 indicators including the relative at-risk-of-poverty (AROP) rate, focuses on low income in relation to other residents in a given country. In addition to the analysis of absolute poverty, the note also presents an analysis of inclusive growth, aimed at assessing whether income growth (losses) benefit (impact) differentially the lowest part (here, bottom forty percent) of the distribution. Other approaches, such as those including measures of poverty based on current income, or self-reported measures of affordability, or approached that differ in the way they set the poverty threshold exist. The choice of World Bank’s methodology for purposes of this report is primarily on pragmatic grounds: (i) it allows for the analysis of trends during 2007-2011; (ii) the same methodology was adopted in the previous report (World Bank 2009) to analyze poverty trends during 2004-2007, thus providing a longer trend; (iii) it allows for comparisons of trends across the entities of BiH.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOHOUSEHOLD INCOMESLIVING STANDARDSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPOVERTY THRESHOLDGROWTH RATESHOUSEHOLD SIZECONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESAGRICULTURAL GROWTHPOVERTY LINEECONOMIC GROWTHSQUARED POVERTY GAPPOVERTY LEVELSPRO- POORWAGE EARNERSINCOMEURBAN POVERTYPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY RATESPUBLIC SECTORMEAN EXPENDITURESLABOR FORCEDEVELOPING COUNTRIESSIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONHEALTH INSURANCEHOUSINGHEALTH CAREPOVERTY CHANGESMEAN GROWTHNATIONAL POVERTYANNUAL GROWTHSOCIAL ASSISTANCERURAL POPULATIONMEASURESPOVERTY MEASURESHOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICSWELFARE INDICATORREGIONNON-POOR HOUSEHOLDSECONOMIC ACTIVITYLABOR MARKETPOVERTY OUTCOMESARABLE LANDMEASURING POVERTYPOPULATION GROUPEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTHOUSEHOLD HEADPOVERTY GAPINCOME GROWTHINEQUALITY MEASURESINCOME INEQUALITYRELATIVE IMPORTANCEGINI INDEXPOVERTY INCIDENCETRANSFERSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEPER CAPITA GROWTHESTIMATES OF POVERTYCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURELAND OWNERSHIPSOCIAL PROTECTIONFARMERSAVERAGE GROWTHPOVERTY PROFILEFOOD ITEMSUNEMPLOYMENTWELFARE DISTRIBUTIONPOVERTY LINESDATA AVAILABILITYCONSUMPTIONPOVERTY INCREASESHUMAN CAPITALFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSPOVERTY MEASUREPOVERTY MEASUREMENTFINANCIAL CRISISDEVELOPING WORLDRURAL POVERTYINCOME DISTRIBUTIONURBAN AREASABSOLUTE POVERTYAGRICULTURAL SECTOREDUCATION LEVELRURALHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTYOFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATEPOVERTY SEVERITYCOUNTRY DATASKILLED LABORSECTORAL COMPOSITIONINSURANCESOCIAL CAPITALTARGETINGPOVERTY INDICATORSINCOME DYNAMICSPER CAPITA EXPENDITUREREGIONSGROWTH RATEWAREXTREME POVERTYHIGH POVERTYGROWTH PERFORMANCERURAL AREASPOVERTYNON- POOR HOUSEHOLDSABSOLUTE TERMSINCIDENCE OF POVERTYGINI COEFFICIENTHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONGROWTH COMPONENTRELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONPOVERTY UPDATECONSUMER PRICE INDEXPOVERTY DYNAMICSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREPOVERTY RATEPOORFAMILIES WITH CHILDRENPRIMARY EDUCATIONINDUSTRIAL SECTORSELF-EMPLOYMENTWAGE EMPLOYMENTINEQUALITYGROWTHPOOR HOUSEHOLDSReportWorld Bank10.1596/22472