World Bank2012-06-132012-06-132007-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7948From what was historically known as 'Arabia Felix', a land of prosperity and happiness, Yemen has become the most impoverished among the Arab countries. The government of the united Yemen, formed in 1990, has launched so far three five-year economic reform plans with the goal of restoring Yemen's prosperity. Have these efforts succeeded? What policies are needed to further reduce poverty? The poverty assessment report aims to answer these questions. This report measures poverty in Yemen in 2005-06, and evaluates the change in poverty compared to 1998, the two years for which comparable household budget surveys are available. The period between the two survey years (1998 and 2005-06), more or less overlaps the first two five-year economic plans and captures the effect of the economic reform programs launched since 1995. In addition to measuring poverty, this report has three objectives: evaluating the role of growth and past reforms on poverty, identifying better ways to target the vulnerable poor through public action, and an assessment of the poverty monitoring system. By examining the effect of the key policies on poverty, such as the petroleum price reform and the government's social protection mechanisms between 1998 and 2005-06, the study aims to equip policy makers and development partners with the knowledge needed to improve the effectiveness of their efforts to reduce poverty in Yemen.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYACCESS TO HEALTH CAREACCESS TO SERVICESAVERAGE INCOMEBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC HEALTHBASIC HEALTH SERVICESCALORIES PER PERSONCHANGES IN POVERTYCITY REGIONCIVIL SOCIETYCLINICSCONSTRUCTION WORKERSCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECONSUMPTION GROWTHCURRENT POVERTYDECLINE IN POVERTYDECLINE IN POVERTY RATESDEFINITIONS OF POVERTYDETERMINANTS OF POVERTYDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYDIMENSIONS OF POVERTYDISABLED PEOPLEDISTRIBUTION EFFECTECONOMIC AFFAIRSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIC REFORMECONOMIC REFORMSEDUCATED WORKERSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEESTIMATES OF POVERTYEXPENDITURESEXTREME POVERTYFAMILY INCOMEFAMILY MEMBERSFEMALE TEACHERSFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFINANCIAL PLANNINGFOOD BASKETFOOD BUNDLEFOOD ITEMSFOOD NEEDSFOOD POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEGINI COEFFICIENTGROWTH PATTERNGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHEADCOUNT RATIOHEALTH BUDGETHEALTH CARE CENTERSHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH COSTHEALTH EXPENDITUREHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH OUTCOMESHEALTH REFORMSHEALTH RELATED PROGRAMSHEALTH SECTORHOUSEHOLD BUDGETHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD HEADSILLITERACYILLNESSINCIDENCE ANALYSISINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GROWTHINCOME LEVELSINCREASING INEQUALITYINEQUALITYLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLIVING STANDARDSLOW WAGESLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMALNUTRITIONMEANS TESTINGMEASURING POVERTYMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL TREATMENTMEDIUM TERMMORTALITYNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENEGATIVE IMPACTNON-INCOME DIMENSIONSPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA EXPENDITUREPER CAPITA INCOMEPER CAPITA INCOME LEVELSPHARMACIESPHARMACYPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY MEASURESPOLITICAL STABILITYPOORPOOR BENEFICIARIESPOOR BENEFITPOOR CHILDRENPOOR FAMILIESPOOR GROWTH STRATEGIESPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR INDIVIDUALSPOOR PEOPLEPOOR PERSONPOOR POPULATIONPOOR WOMENPOOR ­ CHILDRENPOORER FAMILIESPOPULATION SHAREPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY CHANGESPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY GAP INDEXPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY INDEXPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MAPPOVERTY MAPSPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY MONITORING SYSTEMPOVERTY OUTCOMESPOVERTY POVERTYPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERPOVERTY RISKPREGNANCYPRICE SUBSIDIESPRIVATE PHARMACIESPRIVATE TRANSFERSPRO-POORPRO-POOR GROWTHPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH CAREPUBLIC HOSPITALSPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC PROGRAMSPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC WORKSREDUCED POVERTYREDUCTION IN POVERTYREDUCTION OF POVERTYREFORM PROGRAMSREGIONAL AGGREGATIONREGIONAL APPROACHREGIONAL DIFFERENCESREGIONAL DIMENSIONSREGIONAL INCIDENCEREGIONAL LEVELSREGIONAL PATTERNSREGIONAL POLICIESREGIONAL RESOURCESREGIONAL VARIATIONRURALRURAL AREARURAL AREASRURAL ECONOMYRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POPULATIONSRURAL POVERTYRURAL REGIONRURAL REGIONSSAFETY NETSAFETY NET PROGRAMSSCHOOLINGSIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONSKILLED LABORSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SPENDINGSTANDARD DEVIATIONTARGETINGTOTAL POVERTYTOTAL POVERTY LINETRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRANSFER PROGRAMSULTRA POORUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASURBAN GROWTHURBAN POORURBAN POVERTYURBAN REGIONURBAN REGIONSVACCINE COVERAGEVULNERABLE GROUPSWELFARE LEVELWELFARE MEASUREWorld Bank10.1596/7948