Tesliuc, CorneliaSmith, W. JamesSunkutu, Musonda Rosemary2014-09-152014-09-152013-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20140Despite robust annual growth of 5.7 percent in the recent past, poverty in Zambia remains stubbornly high. The poverty headcount rate is 60 percent (as of 2010), and 39 percent of the population live in extreme poverty, with insufficient consumption to meet their daily minimum food requirements. Chronic malnutrition remains very high, with 47 percent of children under the age of 5 being stunted in 2010, close to the high levels of the early 1990s. The report recommends a unified National Safety Net Program comprising cash transfers and public works to reach the poorest 20 percent of the population. The estimated cost is about US$100 million per year. This is less than 2 percent of public spending and around 15 percent of the current subsidies programs benefiting the non-poor.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESADMINISTRATIVE COSTSAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL INPUTSAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYALLOWANCE PROGRAMASSET DISTRIBUTIONBENEFICIARIESBENEFICIARYBENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDSBENEFIT LEVELSCALORIC INTAKECAPACITY CONSTRAINTSCASH GRANTSCASH TRANSFERCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSCASH TRANSFER SCHEMECASH TRANSFERSCHANGES IN POVERTYCHILD HEALTHCHILD NUTRITIONCHRONIC MALNUTRITIONCHRONIC POVERTYCOMMERCIAL AGRICULTURECOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCONDITIONAL CASHCONDITIONAL TRANSFERSCONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCOST-EFFECTIVENESSCROP PRODUCTIONDESTITUTE FAMILIESDIRECT TRANSFERSDISABILITY ALLOWANCEDRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTIONECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATIONAL BENEFITSELDERLY PEOPLEEMPLOYMENT CREATIONESTIMATES OF POVERTYEXTENDED FAMILIESEXTREME POVERTYFAMILY MEMBERSFARM ACTIVITIESFARM LABORFARMERFARMERSFARMING REGIONSFEEDING PROGRAMSFEMALE EDUCATIONFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFISCAL CONSTRAINTSFOOD AVAILABILITYFOOD BASKETFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD CROPFOOD GAPFOOD POLICYFOOD POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEFOOD PRICEFOOD RATIONFOOD REQUIREMENTSFOOD SECURITYGRANT PROGRAMHEALTH SERVICESHIGH INEQUALITYHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALINCOMEINCOME GAINSINCOME GROWTHINCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIESINCOME-GENERATING PROGRAMSINDICATORS OF POVERTYINEQUALITYINPUT SUBSIDIESINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICYIRRIGATIONLABOR DEMANDLAND OWNERSHIPLAND SCARCITYLEAN SEASONLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING COSTSLIVING STANDARDSMAINTENANCE OF ROADSMALNOURISHED CHILDRENMARKET PRICESMEANS TESTINGMICRO-CREDITMINIMUM INCOMENATAL CARENATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY RATENEEDS ASSESSMENTSNUTRITION INTERVENTIONSNUTRITION PROGRAMSOLD AGEOLD AGE PENSIONPENSIONSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPERSISTENT INEQUALITYPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOORPOOR AREASPOOR DISTRICTSPOOR FARMERSPOOR GROUPSPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR LIVINGPOOR PEOPLEPOOR SMALLHOLDERPOST HARVESTPOVERTY BY PROVINCEPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATEPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATESPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MAPPINGPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY STATUSPREVENTIVE HEALTHPRODUCTIVE ASSETSPROTECTION POLICIESPROTECTION POLICYPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC TRANSFERPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSPURCHASING POWERREDISTRIBUTIVE TRANSFERSREMOTE RURAL AREASROAD MAINTENANCEROUTINE MAINTENANCERURALRURAL AREASRURAL ECONOMYRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INCOMESRURAL LIVELIHOODSRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSAFETY NET SYSTEMSAFETY NET SYSTEMSSAFETY NET TRANSFERSSAVINGSSAVINGS GROUPSSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSSCHOOL FEEDINGSCHOOL FEESSCHOOL MEALSSHOCKSKILLS TRAININGSMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURESMALLHOLDER FARMERSSMALLHOLDER FARMINGSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SAFETY NETSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SERVICESSUBSISTENCESUBSISTENCE FARMERSSUPPORT PROGRAMTARGETINGTEMPORARY JOBSTRANSFER AMOUNTTRANSFER OF CASHTRANSFER PROGRAMTRANSFER PROGRAMSUNEMPLOYMENTUNIVERSAL PENSIONURBAN WORKSVILLAGE LEVELVOUCHERSVULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTVULNERABLE CHILDRENVULNERABLE FAMILIESVULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDSVULNERABLE PEOPLEWAGE EMPLOYMENTWAGE RATEWAGE RATES10.1596/20140