Where are Iraq’s Poor? : Mapping Poverty in Iraq

Vishwanath, Tara ; Sharma, Dhiraj ; Krishnan, Nandini ; Blankespoor, Brian

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: SANITATION;    REGIONAL POVERTY LINES;    HOUSEHOLD SURVEY;    HOUSEHOLD SIZE;    DURABLE GOODS;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Measuring poverty and tracking it overtime is an important prerequisite to national economicplanning. Absence of official data on household expenditureor poverty line hampered the ability of Iraqi policymakersto understand the extent of the problem, analyze theircauses, and devise appropriate policies. Iraq householdsocioeconomic survey (IHSES) 2006-07 was the first survey ofits kind since 1988 to cover all 18 governorates. The surveycollected rich information on income, expenditure,employment, housing, education, health, and othersocioeconomic indicators. Building on the experience of thefirst IHSES survey and using international best practice onsampling and questionnaire design and survey implementation,the second round of IHSES was fielded in 201-/13. To fillthe data gap, a larger survey was designed to collectinformation on correlates of household welfare likedemographic characteristics, education, occupation, housing,and assets and estimate small-area poverty rates usingprojection methods. This report presents results from theexercise, the first of its kind for Iraq. Poverty mappingnot only provides a visual representation of poverty atsubnational levels, it also reveals pockets of poverty andislands of prosperity where they exist. This knowledge isuseful to inform decisions on policy design and targeting ofdevelopment projects and programs.