An Update on Poverty and Inequality in Albania : Nine Stylized Facts

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: REGIONAL POVERTY LINES;    LIVING STANDARDS;    GROWTH RATES;    POVERTY POVERTY;    RISKS;   

RP-ID  :  97639

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This note presents 9 stylized facts that emerge related to the evolution of poverty and inequalityover the 2002 to 2012 period, especially from 2008 to 2012, as well as some insights into the drivers ofpoverty changes. It complements existing work on monitoring and understanding shared prosperity – thesecond corporate goal of the World Bank along with reducing poverty - in Albania and the Western Balkans. Albania poverty estimates are based on the Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS). The LSMS isconducted by the Albania Statistics Office (INSTAT) with donor funding and has been carried out in 2002,2005, 2008 and recently in 2012.