World Bank2014-07-172014-07-172009-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18898This report provides estimates of the level poverty and changes in living conditions between 2003 and 2007 in the new European Union (EU) member state Bulgaria. This report fills key gaps in the understanding of the state of welfare in Bulgaria and its future trends. It provides an assessment of changes in living standards since 2003, a period of sustained robust growth and intensive reform efforts leading to successful EU accession, and the current profile of the poor. The report quantifies the level of deprivation and the gains in poverty reduction and overall welfare improvements in different segments of Bulgaria's population. The study aims to support policy discourse on poverty reduction and strengthening of social protection by providing a robust assessment of living conditions among various individual, household, geographic, and socioeconomic groups and of the actual and likely future effectiveness of current poverty reduction policies. The report is organized as follows. Section two examines welfare trends between 2003 and 2007, decomposes changes in poverty, and links poverty outcomes to growth. In section three, the poverty profile is presented based on the results of the 2007 Multitopic Household Survey (MTHS) data. Correlates and determinants of consumption expenditures are presented in section four. Annex A provides a detailed account of the concept of poverty and the methodology used for measuring poverty in this report. Annex B presents supplementary data.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYABSOLUTE POVERTY LINEACCESS TO FOODAGGREGATE POVERTYANNUAL GROWTHANNUAL GROWTH RATEASSET POVERTYAVERAGE LEVELCHANGES IN POVERTYCHRONIC POVERTYCLEAN WATERCONSUMPTION AGGREGATECONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCONSUMPTION POVERTYCORRELATES OF POVERTYCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTIONCURRENT POVERTYDECLINE IN POVERTYDENSITY FUNCTIONDESCRIPTIVE STATISTICSDIMENSIONS OF POVERTYDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACTDROP IN POVERTYECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC POLICYEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION POVERTYEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEMPIRICAL EVIDENCEEMPIRICAL RESULTSEMPLOYMENT STATUSETHNIC MINORITYETHNIC MINORITY GROUPSEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME POVERTY LINEFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFINANCIAL CRISISFOOD NEEDSFOOD POVERTYGEOGRAPHIC REGIONSGINI COEFFICIENTGINI INDEXGROWTH RATEHEADCOUNT POVERTYHEADCOUNT RATIOHEALTH CAREHIGH POVERTYHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GAPINDICATORS OF POVERTYINEQUALITYINEQUALITY CONSTANTINFLATION RATEINSUFFICIENT INCOMEINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINESLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET POLICIESLIVING STANDARDSLOW INFLATIONLOW SHAREMACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTMACROECONOMIC POLICIESMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMALNUTRITIONMEAN GROWTHMEAN INCOMEMEASURING POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENEGATIVE IMPACTPENSION INCOMEPEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA INCOMESPOORPOOR ECONOMIC GROWTHPOOR HEALTHPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR LIVINGPOOR PEOPLEPOOR POPULATIONPOPULATION GROUPPOPULATION SHAREPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY CHANGESPOVERTY DYNAMICSPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY GAP INDEXPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY INDEXESPOVERTY INDICATORSPOVERTY LEVELPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY LINKAGESPOVERTY MEASUREPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY OUTCOMESPOVERTY PROFILEPOVERTY RANKINGSPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION POLICIESPOVERTY RISKPOVERTY SEVERITYPOVERTY THRESHOLDPOWERLESSNESSPRO-POORPUBLIC SECTORREDUCTION IN POVERTYREFORM EFFORTSREFORM PROGRAMREGIONAL CENTERSREGIONAL CITIESREGIONAL DECOMPOSITIONREGIONAL DIMENSIONSREGIONAL DISPARITIESREGIONAL DISPARITYREGIONAL POVERTYRELATIVE POSITIONRURALRURAL AREASRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL PHENOMENONRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY LINERURAL QUINTILERURAL RESIDENTSSANITATIONSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOLINGSELF-EMPLOYMENTSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL RELATIONSSQUARED POVERTY GAPSTRUCTURAL REFORMSSUBSISTENCETARGETINGTOTAL POVERTYUNEMPLOYMENTUNEQUAL DISTRIBUTIONURBAN AREASURBAN POORVULNERABLE GROUPSWAGE RATESWEALTH GROUPSWELFARE DISTRIBUTIONWELFARE IMPROVEMENTSWELFARE INDICATORWELFARE INDICATORSWELFARE MEASURE10.1596/18898