World Bank2013-08-232013-08-232002-12-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15319Based on the analysis of the household budget survey, the report identifies a nationally widespread poverty, pervasive in rural areas, concentrated in four governorates. The factors that affect the risk of being poor in Yemen are lack of education, large households that include several children, geographical location that prevents access to income generation, and, lack of worker remittances from abroad. In addition, while public expenditures in social sectors (education and health), are mildly pro-poor, they do not address the magnitude of rural-urban, and gender gaps, and, by and large, social programs are urban biased, mostly benefiting the better-off. Incidentally, the benefit-incidence analysis of the safety nets, show that coverage is extremely limited, and that short-term downturns, and poverty vulnerabilities fail to be addressed. Most importantly, the report outlines that although programs under the second phase of the Social Development Fund are pro-poor, the inter-governorate distribution of both the Public Work Programs, and the Social Welfare Fund allocations, show no signs of pro-poor targeting. It is suggested to pursue structural, and institutional reforms, so as to introduce changes in the governance structure, that would ensure a pro-poor pattern of growth, one that would not widen the gap between the poor in urban vs. rural areas. Moreover, public investments in the social sectors should be improved, and public expenditures for those sectors increased.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY INCIDENCEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSINCOME ESTIMATESINCOME GAPSRURAL-URBAN DIFFERENTIALSRURAL POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SIZEREMOTE COMMUNITIESREMITTANCESACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO HEALTH CAREPUBLIC EXPENDITURESTARGETED ASSISTANCEGENDER GAPSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL FUND GOALSWELFARE RECIPIENTSSTRUCTURAL REFORMSINSTITUTIONAL REFORMGOVERNANCE CAPACITYPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPUBLIC INVESTMENT PROGRAMSSOCIAL SECTOR INVESTMENT ADVERTISINGAGEDAGRICULTURAL SECTORBASIC EDUCATIONBUDGET ALLOCATIONSBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTCAPITA GROWTHCENSUS DATACHILD LABORCHILD NUTRITIONCONSUMPTION SMOOTHINGCOUNTRY DATADATA COLLECTIONDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT REPORTDROUGHTECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC REFORMSEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT PROMOTIONESCAPE POVERTYEXCHANGE RATESEXTERNAL DEBTEXTREME POVERTYFEMALE TEACHERSFOOD POVERTY LINEGENDER GAPSGEOGRAPHICAL TARGETINGGIRLSGOVERNANCE STRUCTUREGROWTH PATTERNGROWTH RATESHEADCOUNT INDEXHEALTH CAREHEALTH PROGRAMSHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SURVEYHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD LABORHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALIDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKSILLITERACYINCIDENCE ANALYSISINCOME GROUPSINCOME HOUSEHOLDSINCOME LEVELSINCOME POVERTYINEQUALITYINEQUALITY MEASURESINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSURANCELABOR FORCELABOR FORCE SURVEYLABOR MARKETLIFTINGLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDLIVING STANDARDSLONG TERMMACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMALNUTRITIONMONITORING SYSTEMMORTALITYNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENATIONAL POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYNUTRITIONOPPORTUNITY COSTSPER CAPITA EXPENDITUREPER CAPITA GROWTHPOLICY CHOICESPOLICY DIRECTIONSPOLICY FRAMEWORKPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY INTERVENTIONSPOOR CHILDRENPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOPULATION SIZEPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY CHANGESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY GAP INDEXPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY PROGRAMSPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE TRANSFERSPRO-POORPRODUCTIVE ASSETSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEWPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC TRANSFERSPUBLIC WORKSPURCHASING POWER PARITYRADIORAPID GROWTHREDUCING POVERTYREFORM POLICIESRELATIVE IMPORTANCERURAL AREASRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONSAFETYSAFETY NETSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSAFETY NETSSAMPLING FRAMESCHOOLSSECTORAL COMPOSITIONSERVICE DELIVERYSHORT TERMSIGNIFICANT IMPACTSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL EXPENDITURESSOCIAL INDICATORSSOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURESOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SECTORSSOCIAL SERVICESSQUARED POVERTY GAPSQUARED POVERTY GAP INDEXSTRUCTURAL REFORMSTARGETING PERFORMANCETASK TEAM LEADERTRANSFER AMOUNTSTRANSFER PROGRAMSUNEMPLOYMENTUNSKILLED LABORURBAN AREASURBAN HOUSEHOLDSURBAN POPULATIONVOCATIONAL TRAININGWARWELFARE MEASUREWORKERSWorld Bank10.1596/15319