World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192009-12-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3159Despite Tajikistan's sustained economic growth of the past few years and the country's notable achievements, poverty and low standards of living remain a pressing problem for the majority of Tajik people. Poverty reduction is therefore one of the priority goals of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, of its national and international partners, and of Tajik society as a whole. This report presents a comprehensive analysis of poverty in Tajikistan using the most recent Tajikistan Living Standards Survey (TLSS) data, which is for 2007. The report provides an in-depth analysis of poverty dynamics (since 2003); a poverty profile; the linkages between labor markets, migration, and poverty; the importance of social transfers for poverty alleviation; and the key issues in the health and education sectors. The report also simulates possible poverty impacts from the reduction in migration and remittances related to the global financial crisis. The report shows that migration and remittances are a significant factor in the observed improvements in living standards between 2003 and 2007. However, the expected reduction in migration and remittances due to the financial crisis is likely to result in increased poverty levels, vulnerability, and higher income inequality, at least in the short term.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYABSOLUTE POVERTY LINEABSOLUTE TERMSACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO FACILITIESACCESS TO HEALTH CAREAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL WAGEAGRICULTURAL WAGE EMPLOYMENTANNUAL GROWTHAVERAGE MONTHLY PER CAPITA INCOMEBASIC NEEDSCALORIES PER PERSONCALORIES PER PERSON PER DAYCASH TRANSFERSCHILDREN PER WOMANCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMPTION AGGREGATECONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION POVERTYCOPING STRATEGYCORRELATES OF POVERTYDECLINE IN POVERTYDEPENDENCY RATIODEPENDENCY RATIOSDEPENDENT VARIABLEDISABILITYDISSEMINATIONDOMESTIC EMPLOYMENTDOMESTIC LABORECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMICSEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTELDERLYEMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTUREEMPLOYMENT SOURCEESTIMATED REDUCTIONESTIMATES OF POVERTYEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME POVERTY LINEFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFINANCIAL CRISISFOOD BASKETFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD INSECURITYFOOD POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYGEOGRAPHIC REGIONGINI COEFFICIENTGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH ELASTICITYGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHEADCOUNT POVERTYHEADCOUNT RATIOHEALTH BUDGETHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SYSTEMHIGH POVERTYHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITAHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHOUSINGHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIMPACT ON POVERTYIMPORTANT POLICYINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME POVERTYINCREASE POVERTYINEQUALITYINEQUALITY EFFECTINEQUALITY MEASURESINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKETSLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIVING STANDARDSLOW INEQUALITYMEANS TESTINGMIGRANTMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMIGRATION FLOWSMOUNTAINOUS REGIONNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNTNATIONAL POVERTY LINENON-POOR HOUSEHOLDSNUMBER OF MIGRANTSNUMBER OF PEOPLENUTRITIONNUTRITIONAL STATUSOBLAST LEVELOLD-AGEPARTICIPATION OF WOMENPENSIONSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA EXPENDITUREPOINT DECLINEPOORPOOR HEALTHPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR INFRASTRUCTUREPOOR POPULATIONPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPOPULATION STATUSPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY ASSESSMENTSPOVERTY CHANGEPOVERTY CHANGESPOVERTY DYNAMICSPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATEPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY INCREASEPOVERTY INCREASESPOVERTY LEVELPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTSPOVERTY RISKPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPRIVATE TRANSFERSPRO-POORPROGRAMMATIC POVERTY ASSESSMENTPROGRESSPUBLIC WORKSPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYQUALITY EDUCATIONRATES OF GROWTHREDUCING POVERTYREDUCTION IN POVERTYREDUCTION OF POVERTYREGIONAL ASSESSMENTREGIONAL LEVELREGIONAL PATTERNSREGIONAL POVERTYREMITTANCEREMITTANCESRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESPECTRURALRURAL AREASRURAL DIFFERENCESRURAL HEADCOUNTRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY LINERURAL SCHOOLSRURAL STANDARDSANITATIONSCHOOL QUALITYSELF-EMPLOYMENTSHARP REDUCTIONSIGNIFICANT FACTORSIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL PROTECTIONSQUARED POVERTY GAPTARGETINGTOTAL POVERTYTOTAL POVERTY LINEUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASVULNERABILITYVULNERABILITY TO POVERTYWAGE EMPLOYMENTWARWELFARE DISTRIBUTIONWELFARE IMPACTWELFARE IMPLICATIONSWELFARE IMPROVEMENTSWELFARE INDICATORWELFARE INDICATORSWELFARE MEASUREWELFARE QUINTILESWIDESPREAD POVERTYWINTER MONTHSWORKING-AGE POPULATIONWORLD POPULATIONWorld Bank10.1596/3159