World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192011-06-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2804This study has two objectives, the first of which is to revise the national poverty lines of Armenia. The Government of Armenia expressed its desire for revised poverty lines that more accurately reflect the current consumption and expenditure patterns of the population. The work was jointly undertaken by the client counterparts and the World Bank. The second objective of this study is to assess the changes in poverty incidence in the aftermath of the global recession. This note updates the poverty numbers using the full dataset from the 2009 Integrated Living Conditions Survey (ILCS). It estimates how much poverty incidence increased during the crisis, and draws implications for mitigation measures. All poverty indices increased during the crisis and continued to worsen during the macroeconomic recovery.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYABSOLUTE POVERTY LINESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTUREALCOHOLIC BEVERAGESALCOHOLIC DRINKSAVERAGE SIZE OF PENSIONSBASIC FOODSBASIC NEEDSBASIC NONFOODBREADCALORIC REQUIREMENTCALORIC REQUIREMENTSCALORIES PER DAYCEREALSCHANGES IN POVERTYCHEESECHOCOLATECOCOACONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMER PRICESCONSUMPTION AGGREGATECONSUMPTION BASKETCONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTIONCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCONSUMPTION NEEDSCOPING MECHANISMSDECOMPOSABLE POVERTYDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSECONOMIC GROWTHEGGSEQUIVALENCE SCALESFAMILY BENEFITSFARM ACTIVITIESFOOD BASKETFOOD COMPONENTSFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESFOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNSFOOD EXPENDITUREFOOD EXPENDITURESFOOD GOODSFOOD ITEMFOOD ITEMSFOOD NEEDSFOOD POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEFOOD POVERTY LINESFOOD PRODUCTSFOOD SHAREFOOD TRANSPORTFRUITFRUIT VEGETABLESHIGHER INEQUALITYHONEYHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURESHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD MEMBERSHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMANITARIAN AIDIMPACT ON POVERTYINCOMEINEQUALITYINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINESLIVING STANDARDSMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMALNUTRITIONMEATMILKNATIONAL POVERTYNATIONAL POVERTY LINESNON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGESNON-FOOD COMPONENTNON-FOOD COMPONENTSNON-FOOD CONSUMPTIONNON-FOOD GOODSNON-FOOD ITEMSNON-FOOD NEEDSNONALCOHOLIC BEVERAGESNUTRITIONOILS AND FATSPER CAPITA BASISPOORPOORER HOUSEHOLDSPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY INDICESPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY LINKAGESPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION IMPACTPOVERTY SEVERITYPOVERTY UPDATEPRICE CHANGESPRIVATE TRANSFERSPROGRAMMATIC POVERTY ASSESSMENTPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC TRANSFERSREAL TERMSREGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTRURALRURAL AREASRURAL POVERTYRURAL QUINTILESAVINGSSENSITIVITY ANALYSISSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL PROTECTION SPENDINGSOCIAL SPENDINGSUGARTARGETINGTEATOTAL POVERTYTOTAL POVERTY LINEUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASVEGETABLESVULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDSWELFARE DISTRIBUTIONWELFARE MEASUREWorld Bank10.1596/2804