World Bank2013-02-122013-02-122012-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12320Poor governance and nearly fifteen years of brutal conflict have made Liberia one of the poorest countries in the world. An important objective for the democratically elected government of post-conflict Liberia is to reduce poverty. As part of its long-term vision plan, the Government is preparing a second Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) to set out its medium-term approach to poverty reduction. The current climate of peace and security, as well as continued improvements in the economy, offer the Government a unique opportunity to improve on the gains that it has made in reducing poverty under its previous PRS. However, as cross-country evidence has shown, growth alone is not sufficient for poverty reduction. The Government must also take steps to break the cycle of chronic poverty by ensuring that the poor are given opportunities and support to emerge from poverty, and that those who have emerged from poverty do not fall back into poverty. This poverty note is intended to assist the Government in formulating evidence based policies aimed at poverty reduction. This policy note draws from rich information provided by the 2007 and 2010 Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaires (CWIQs). It also benefits from qualitative data from a relatively large number of focus groups on gender and youth. In addition, the note benefits from the analysis contained in the 2011 human opportunities report for Liberia, which focuses in particular on access to education.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO EMPLOYMENTACCESS TO FOODACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTUREACCESS TO MARKETSACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATERACCESS TO SCHOOLSACCESS TO SERVICESAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL SECTORSALL-SEASON ROADSANIMAL HUSBANDRYARABLE LANDASSET HOLDINGSBASIC HEALTHBASIC HEALTH SERVICESCASH TRANSFERSCENTRAL REGIONCHANGES IN POVERTYCHRONIC MALNUTRITIONCHRONIC POVERTYCIVIL CONFLICTCIVIL WARCOMMUNITY RESOURCESCONFLICTCONTRACEPTIVE METHODSCONTRACEPTIVE USECORRELATES OF POVERTYDECLINE IN FERTILITYDETERMINANTS OF POVERTYDEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVESDEVELOPMENT PLANSDIMENSIONS OF POVERTYDISCRIMINATIONDRINKING WATERDROP IN POVERTYEARLY MARRIAGEECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEMPLOYMENT STATUSEXTENDED FAMILYEXTREME POVERTYFAMILY INCOMEFAMILY MEMBERSFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFERTILITYFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFIRST MARRIAGEFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITUREFOOD IMPORTSFOOD POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEFOOD PRICESFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCYFOOD SHAREGENDER EQUALITYGENDER GAPGENDER GAP IN EDUCATIONGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS NATIONAL INCOMEHEALTH CENTERSHIGH FERTILITY RATEHIGHER INEQUALITYHIVHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSEHOLD POVERTYHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREHOUSINGHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUSIMPACT ON POVERTYINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME SHOCKSINCOME SUPPORTINDICATORS OF POVERTYINEQUALITYINFORMATION SERVICESINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMENINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINEINVESTMENT IN EDUCATIONLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLAND OWNERSHIPLAND PREPARATIONLAND SIZELAND TENURELEVEL OF POVERTYLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFE EXPECTANCYLIVESTOCK ASSETSLIVESTOCK OWNERSHIPLIVING STANDARDSLOW WAGESMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMALE PARTICIPATIONMARITAL STATUSMATERNAL MORTALITYMEANS TESTINGMEASUREMENT OF POVERTYMILITARY PERSONNELMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMOBILE CLINICSMOTHERNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY HEADCOUNTNUTRITIONOLD AGEPEACEPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPHYSICAL HEALTHPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL ECONOMY ANALYSISPOORPOOR CHILDRENPOOR FAMILIESPOOR FARMERSPOOR HOUSEHOLDPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR INFRASTRUCTUREPOOR WOMENPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH RATEPOST-CONFLICT COUNTRIESPOST-HARVEST LOSSESPOTABLE WATERPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY DATAPOVERTY DYNAMICSPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY HEADPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY SEVERITYPOVERTY STATUSPROGRESSPUBLIC EDUCATIONPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSQUALITATIVE DATAQUALITY OF EDUCATIONREGIONAL STUDIESREMOTE AREASRESPECTRURALRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL ECONOMIC GROWTHRURAL HOUSEHOLDRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL REGIONRURAL ROADSSANITATIONSAVINGSSCHOOL CHILDRENSCHOOLINGSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOLINGSECONDARY SCHOOLSSEXSEXUAL HARASSMENTSEXUALLY ACTIVESHEEPSMALL FARMERSSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL RETURNSSOCIAL SERVICESSUBSISTENCESUSUTARGETINGTARGETING MECHANISMSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETERTIARY EDUCATIONTRANSPORTATIONUNEMPLOYMENTUNMARRIED WOMENURBAN AREASURBAN ENVIRONMENTSURBAN REGIONUSE OF CONTRACEPTIONUSE OF CONTRACEPTIVESVITAL STATISTICSVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVULNERABILITYWARWATER FOR IRRIGATIONWELFARE INDICATORWOMANWORKING-AGE POPULATIONWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONWorld Bank10.1596/12320