World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192009-03-18https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3063This report is organized into three sections with seven chapters. The first section assesses poverty levels and changes over time within Guatemala and compares both the levels and changes to those of other countries. It summarizes the overall conditions and changes in Guatemala (chapter one); presents the country's poverty profile and analyzes the evolution of poverty over time and space using monetary and non-monetary indicators, population changes and inequality (chapter two); and benchmarks Guatemala's social progress against other countries in the region and the world (chapter three). The second section analyzes social programs and considers how existing policies and programs could improve their impact on poverty. It highlights some of the key features of social programs in education, health, and social assistance (chapter four); and estimates the potential impact of an expansion of a conditional cash transfer program on poverty (chapter five). The third section focuses on the sources of income of the poor. It documents the evolution of the sources of income examines regional specific characteristics that promote or hinder households potentials (chapter six); and carries out a preliminary analysis of shocks and vulnerability influencing household wellbeing covering the impact of hurricane Stan, a potential reduction in remittances, food price increases, and crime and violence (chapter seven).CC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO HEALTH FACILITIESACCESS TO SERVICESADMINISTRATIVE COSTSADULT ILLITERACYAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL SECTORSANNUAL CHANGEBENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDSCALORIES PER DAYCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMCASH TRANSFERSCHANGE IN POPULATIONCHANGES IN POVERTYCHILD HEALTHCHILD MORTALITYCHRONIC MALNUTRITIONCITIZENSCONSUMER GOODSCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMPTION AGGREGATECONSUMPTION PRICECONSUMPTION QUINTILESCONSUMPTION SMOOTHINGCOPING MECHANISMSCORRELATES OF POVERTYDECLINE IN POVERTYDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGESDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDIVERSIFICATIONECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELDERLYEXTERNAL CONDITIONSEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME POVERTY LINEFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFOOD BASKETFOOD ITEMSFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESGINI INDEXGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHEAD COUNT INDEXHEAD COUNT RATIOHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH EXPENDITURESHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH SYSTEMHIGH CONCENTRATIONSHIGH GROWTHHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN CAPITAL FORMATIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEXILLITERACYIMMUNIZATIONIMPACT OF MIGRATIONIMPACT OF SHOCKSIMPACT ON POVERTYINCIDENCE ANALYSISINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME GENERATIONINCOME GROUPSINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME LEVELSINDIGENOUS GROUPSINDIGENOUS POPULATIONSINDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDSINEQUALITYINEQUITIESINFANTINFANT MORTALITYINFANT MORTALITY RATEINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION SYSTEMSIRRIGATIONLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET POLICIESLARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLELEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVEL OF POVERTYLEVELS OF CONSUMPTIONLEVELS OF VULNERABILITYLIFE EXPECTANCYLIVING CONDITIONSLOCAL COMMUNITIESMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMATERNAL MORTALITYMATERNAL MORTALITY RATEMIGRATIONMILKNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POPULATIONNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY RATENATIONAL PRIORITYNATURAL DISASTERNATURAL DISASTERSNUTRITIONNUTRITION INFORMATIONOLD AGEPEACEPENSIONSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY INTERVENTIONSPOORPOOR HEALTHPOOR HOUSEHOLDPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR INDIVIDUALSPOOR INFRASTRUCTUREPOOR PEOPLEPOOR PERSONPOOR PERSONSPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPOPULATION CHANGESPOPULATION SHAREPOPULATION SHIFTPOPULATION SHIFTSPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY DATAPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY GAP INDEXPOVERTY GROUPSPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCREASEPOVERTY INDEXESPOVERTY LEVELPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY MONITORING SYSTEMPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRO-POORPROGRESSPUBLIC DEBATEPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC HOSPITALSPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC POLICYQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY SERVICESREDUCING INEQUALITYREDUCING POVERTYREDUCTION OF POVERTYREMITTANCEREMITTANCESRESPECTRURALRURAL AREASRURAL CONTRIBUTIONRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL LEVELRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POPULATIONSRURAL POVERTYRURAL RESIDENTSSAFETY NETSAFETY NETSSANITATIONSCHOOLINGSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY ENROLLMENTSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLSSEXSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL CONDITIONSSOCIAL EXPENDITURESSOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURESOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL PROBLEMSSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROGRESSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL PROTECTION MECHANISMSSOCIAL SECTORSSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL SPENDINGTARGETINGTERTIARY EDUCATIONURBAN AREASURBAN POVERTYURBANIZATIONUSE OF RESOURCESVULNERABILITYWELFARE MEASURESWOMANWORKFORCEWorld Bank10.1596/3063