Poverty in Guatemala

Poverty in Guatemala is part of the World Bank Country Study series. These reports are published with the approval of the subject government to communicate the results of the Bank’s work on the economic and related conditions of member countries to governments and to the development community.This r...

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Main Author	Staff, World Bank
Format	eBook Book Publication
Language	English
Published	Washington, DC World Bank 2004 World Bank Publications The World Bank Washington, DC
Edition	1
Series	Country Studies
Subjects	ACCESS TO SERVICES AGED ANALYTICAL APPROACH ANALYTICAL WORK ANNUAL GROWTH Armut Armutsbekämpfung BENEFIT ANALYSIS CAPACITY BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION DIVERSITY DATA Economic conditions ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYMENT EQUITY IN EDUCATION ETHNIC GROUPS EXTREME POVERTY FIELD WORK FOOD SECURITY GENDER EQUITY GOVERNANCE GROWTH RATES Guatemala HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE ACCESS HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH ISSUES HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HIGH VOLATILITY HISTORICAL ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD ANALYSIS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLITERACY IMPROVED ACCESS INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY OF TREATMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INSTITUTIONAL ASSESSMENT INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS ISOLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND REDISTRIBUTION LIVELIHOOD INDICATORS LIVING CONDITIONS LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT LONG-TERM PROCESS MALNUTRITION MEASURING INCOME MEASURING POVERTY MIGRATION MONETARY INDICATORS NATIONAL EFFORTS PEACE ACCORDS POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DISCUSSION POLICY DOCUMENT POLICY MAKERS Poverty Poverty > Guatemala POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY GROUP POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAP POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY STRATEGY PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIORITY ACTIONS PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PROMOTING GROWTH PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC PROGRAMS PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SAFETY NETS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC TRANSFERS PUBLIC TRANSPORT QUALITATIVE DATA QUALITATIVE POVERTY QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUANTITATIVE DATA REDUCING POVERTY RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL CREDIT RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SAFETY NETS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS TARGETING TRANSIENT POOR TRANSPORT VIOLENCE VULNERABLE GROUPS WAR WELFARE WELFARE MEASURE WORKERS POVERTY LIVING CONDITIONS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ACCESS TO SERVICES INEQUALITY VULNERABILITY POVERTY MONITORING WAR SOCIAL CAPITAL TARGETING SERVICE DELIVERY RURAL POVERTY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES PUBLIC SPENDING HUMAN CAPITAL MALNUTRITION RURAL PRIVATE TRANSFERS POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION POVERTY POVERTY INCIDENCE NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE INDICATORS OF POVERTY
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ISBN	9780821355527 082135552X
DOI	10.1596/0-8213-5552-X

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Table of Contents:

Intro -- CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1. Introduction -- PART 1-THE MAGNITUDE AND CAUSES OF POVERTY -- 2. Poverty and Social Indicators of "The Problem" -- 3. The Determinants of Poverty and Inequality: Endowments and Household Characteristics -- 4. Historical and Contextual Factors -- PART 2-KEY CHALLENGE: BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSETS -- 5. Growth and Poverty -- 6. Livelihoods, Labor Markets, and Rural Poverty -- 7. Education and Poverty -- 8. Health, Malnutrition, and Poverty -- 9. Basic Utility Services and Poverty -- PART 3-KEY CHALLENGE: REDUCING VULNERABILITY -- 11. Vulnerability and Vulnerable Groups -- 12. Social Protection, Private Transfers, and Poverty -- PART 4-KEY CHALLENGE: EMPOWERMENT -- 13. Building Institutions and Empowering Communities -- PART 5-CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 14. Priority Actions to Reduce Poverty -- Annexes -- References -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF BOXES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- TECHNICAL BACKGROUND PAPERS