Bhutan National Statistics BureauWorld Bank2014-10-062014-10-062014979-99936-28-26-2https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20353This report identifies the key drivers of rapid poverty reduction in Bhutan over the recent years, explaining why some dzongkhags are stuck in poverty or reducing poverty is not significant while others prospered, and whether female headed households have a harder time reducing poverty. The exercise draws mainly on data from the two rounds of Bhutan Living Standards Survey (2007 and 2012) supplemented with focus group discussions carried out for the report in select dzongkhags. Bhutan's poverty reduction has been rapid, broad-based, and inclusive. Between 2007 and 2012, the percentage of consumption poor halved to 12 percent. Bhutan has nearly ended extreme poverty within the living memory of a generation extreme poverty touched a low of two percent in 2012. Broader multidimensional poverty indices, that include education and health outcomes besides standards of living, also indicate a steep decline in the percentage of deprived population by two-thirds, from about 25 percent to 12.7 percent. Growth in Bhutan helped the previously landless to escape poverty. Education appears to be the most important route by far to escape poverty. This report is a complement to the earlier Poverty Analysis Report 2012 which was prepared with the World Bank's technical support.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTUREACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATIONAGGREGATE POVERTYAGRICULTURAL EXPORTSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL SECTORANNUAL GROWTHANNUAL GROWTH RATEAVERAGE GROWTHAVERAGE LEVELBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC INFRASTRUCTURECASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSCHILD MORTALITYCHRONICALLY POORCOMMERCIAL CROPSCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECONSUMER PRICESCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECONSUMPTION GROWTHCONSUMPTION POVERTYCOUNTRY LEVELCREDIT PROGRAMSCROP INSURANCECROP PRODUCTIONCURRENT POVERTYDECLINE IN POVERTYDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT EFFORTSDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYDIETARY DIVERSITYDIETARY PATTERNSDISADVANTAGED GROUPSDISTRIBUTION OF ACCESSDISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGEDRINKING WATERDRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION POVERTYENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYEXTREME POVERTYFARM ROADSFARMERSFEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDSFIREWOODFOOD IMPORTSFOOD INTAKEFOOD ITEMSFOOD POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESFOOD SECURITYFOOD SHORTAGEGDPGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONSGINI COEFFICIENTGROWTH PROCESSGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHEADCOUNT POVERTYHEADCOUNT RATIOHEALTH CAREHEALTH OUTCOMESHIGHER INCIDENCE OF POVERTYHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALINADEQUATE FOODINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINCOME INEQUALITYINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINEQUALITYINEQUALITY OF INCOMEINFRASTRUCTURE PROVISIONINSURANCEIRRIGATIONLAND HOLDINGSLAND OWNERSHIPLANDLESS HOUSEHOLDSLIVESTOCK OWNERSHIPLIVING STANDARDSLONG RUNMATERNAL MORTALITYMEASURING POVERTYMEATMEDIUM TERMMICRO-CREDITMILKNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINENON-POOR HOUSEHOLDSNUTRITIONPER CAPITA EXPENDITUREPOINT ESTIMATESPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL STABILITYPOORPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR PEOPLEPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPOPULATION SHAREPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY DYNAMICSPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY FRONTPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY INDEXPOVERTY INDICESPOVERTY LEVELPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASUREPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY OUTCOMESPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY RATIOPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY SEVERITYPOVERTY STATUSPRO-POORPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SECTORQUALITY OF LIFEREDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIESREDUCING INEQUALITYREDUCING POVERTYREDUCTION IN POVERTYREDUCTION OF POVERTYRELATIVE INEQUALITYREMOTE AREASRURALRURAL AREASRURAL GROWTHRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL INCOMESRURAL POPULATIONRURAL RESIDENTSRURAL ROADRURAL ROADSSAFETY NETSSANITATIONSAVINGSSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOLINGSHEEPSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATIONSTANDARD OF LIVINGSUBSISTENCESUSTAINABLE POVERTYSUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTIONSWEET POTATOTARGETINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCEUNEMPLOYMENTUNEQUAL DISTRIBUTIONURBAN AREASURBAN GROWTHURBAN POVERTYVEGETABLESVULNERABLE SEGMENTSWATER AVAILABILITYWATER SOURCESWELFARE INDICATORWELFARE INDICATORSWELFARE PROGRAM10.1596/979-99936-28-26-2https://doi.org/10.1596/979-99936-28-26-2