The Invisible Poor A Portrait of Rural Poverty in Argentina

by World Bank; Demombynes, Gabriel; Verner, Dorte

• ISBN13: 9780821382073
• ISBN10: 0821382071
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-01
• Publisher: World Bank Publications

Summary

'The Invisible Poor' seeks to raise the profile of the rural poor in Argentina, promote dialogue on rural poverty issues, provide the best currently available information about rural poverty, and offer a basis for discussions on how to expand household survey data collection to rural areas. Most previous work has been based on case studies or one-time surveys in a few provinces and consequently has been of limited use for drawing conclusions about rural conditions overall in Argentina. Largely because of data limitations, profound gaps exist in the understanding of rural poverty in Argentina. As a result, the rural poor have sometimes been neglected in policy discussions. This study does not directly address policy responses. Rather it seeks to provide an analytical basis for understanding the conditions of rural life, with the ultimate goal of helping policy makers improve the welfare of Argentina's rural poor through evidence-based policy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface	p. viii
Abbreviations and Ackronyms	p. ix
Executive Summary	p. x
The Nature of Rural Poverty in Argentina	p. x
A Qualitative Study of Rural Poverty in Argentina	p. xiv
Measuring Poverty and Welfare in Rural Poverty Analysis	p. xvi
Issues and Challenges for Rural Poverty in Argentina	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Demographic Trends	p. 2
Measuring Poverty	p. 7
A Poverty Profile for Rural Argentina	p. 12
The Need for Data: Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation of Rural Programs	p. 27
A Qualitative Study of Rural Poverty in Argentina	p. 29
Introduction	p. 29
Methodology for Qualitative Survey	p. 30
Sociodemographic Characteristics	p. 30
Aspirations, Conflict, and Discrimination	p. 53
Extreme Poverty	p. 56
Methodology for the Analysis of Rural Poverty in Argentina	p. 60
Introduction	p. 60
Past Rural Household Surveys in Argentina	p. 60
Rural Surveys in Other Countries of Latin America	p. 64
Choice of Welfare Measure: Options for Argentina	p. 68
Conclusions	p. 71
References	p. 74
Annexes	p. 79
Poverty / UBN	p. 81
Access to Services	p. 83
Living / Housing	p. 84
Population Statistics	p. 88
Work Related	p. 91
Contact Persons List for Field Activities and Focus Group Members	p. 94
Chaco Province	p. 94
Chaco province	p. 94
Jujuy Province	p. 95
Tucumán Province	p. 96
Mendoza Province	p. 96
Pobreza Rural en Argentina Estudio Cualitativo (Abril-Mayo 2007)	p. 102
Guía de preguntas	p. 102
Tables
Population in Argentina and its Regions, 1991 and 2001	p. 3
Farm Residents in the 1998 and 2002 Agricultural Censuses	p. 11
Incidence of Poverty for Selected Provinces, 2003	p. 14
Maximum Level of Education Attained in Argentina (Percent)	p. 15
School Attendance in Rural and Urban Argentina, 2001 (Percent)	p. 16
Indicators for Sampled Rural Areas in Argentina	p. 31
Summary of Social Issues based on Qualitative Households Survey (2007)	p. 32
Summary of Focus Group Findings	p. 34
Summary of Focus Groups	p. 36
Values of the Inverse Engel Coefficient Used in Latin America	p. 71
Poverty According to Unsatisfied Basic Needs by Province (Percent)	p. 81
Poverty According to Unsatisfied Basic Needs by Education of Household Head (Percent)	p. 82
Poverty According to Unsatisfied Basic Needs by Age of Household Head (Percent)	p. 82
Poverty According to Unsatisfied Basic Needs by Size of Household (Percent)	p. 82
Unsatisfied Basic Needs Indicators (Percent)	p. 83
Access to Public Services (Percent)	p. 83
Access to Water (Percent)	p. 83
Source of Water for Drinking and Cooking (Percent)	p. 84
Health Insurance (Percent)	p. 84
Type of Housing (Percent)	p. 84
Quality of Material of Housing (Percent)	p. 85
Rooms Per Person (Percent)	p. 85
Contractual Housing Situation (Percent)	p. 85
Sanitation (Percent)	p. 86
Possession of Assets (Percent)	p. 86
Kitchen (Percent)	p. 86
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