The Invisible Poor: A Portrait of Rural Poverty in Argentina (World Bank Working Papers)

Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Abbreviations and Ackronyms......Page 10
The Nature of Rural Poverty in Argentina......Page 11
A Qualitative Study of Rural Poverty in Argentina......Page 15
Measuring Poverty and Welfare in Rural Poverty Analysis......Page 17
Introduction......Page 20
Figure 1.1. Long-Term Trends in Rural and Urban Population in Argentina......Page 21
Box 1.2. Data Sources for Rural Poverty in Argentina
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Figure 1.6. Proportion of Farms That Are Poor by Province, 1988 and 2002......Page 31
Figure 1.24. Percentage of Population with Unsatisfied Basic Needs by Sector of Employment of Household Head
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Introduction......Page 48
Sociodemographic Characteristics......Page 49
Aspirations, Conflict, and Discrimination
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Extreme Poverty......Page 75
Past Rural Household Surveys in Argentina......Page 79
Rural Surveys in Other Countries of Latin America......Page 83
Choice of Welfare Measure: Options for Argentina......Page 87
Table 3.1. Values of the Inverse Engel Coefficient Used in Latin America
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References......Page 93
Annexes......Page 98
Table A.1. Poverty According to Unsatisfied Basic Needs by Province (Percent)
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Table A.7. Access to Water (Percent)......Page 102
Table A.10. Type of Housing (Percent)......Page 103
Table A.23. Household Number and Size......Page 107
Table A.34. Industry (Percent)......Page 110
Chaco province......Page 113
Jujuy Province......Page 114
Mendoza Province......Page 115
Guía de preguntas......Page 121
Table 1.1. Population in Argentina and its Regions, 1991 and 2001......Page 22
Table 1.2. Farm Residents in the 1998 and 2002 Agricultural Censuses......Page 30
Table 1.3. Incidence of Poverty for Selected Provinces, 2003......Page 33
Figure 1.8. Unsatisfied Basic Needs by Education of Household Head
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Figure 1.9. School Attainment Profile for Individuals Ages 21–30
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Table 2.1. Indicators for Sampled Rural Areas in Argentina......Page 50
Table 2.2. Summary of Social Issues based on Qualitative Households Survey (2007)......Page 51
Table 2.3. Summary of Focus Group Findings......Page 53
Table 2.4. Summary of Focus Groups......Page 55
Table A.4. Poverty According to Unsatisfied Basic Needs by Size of Household (Percent)
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Table A.13. Contractual Housing Situation (Percent)......Page 104
Table A.17. Possession of Refrigerator (Percent)......Page 105
Table A.21. Phone Access (Percent)......Page 106
Table A.27. Average Years of Education by Age Group......Page 108
Table A.30. Relation to Household Head (Percent)......Page 109
Table A.36. Occupational Categories Within Agricultural Sector (Percent)......Page 111
Table A.40. Social Security Contributions (Percent)......Page 112
Table B.1 Sampling Units Demographics......Page 117
Figure 1. Rural Poverty According to Unsatisfied Basic Needs
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Figure 2. Long-Term Trends in Rural and Urban Population in Argentina......Page 13
Figure 3. Salaried Agricultural Workers by Number of Workers at Place of Employment......Page 14
Figure 1.2. Rural Populations as a Percentage of Total by Province, 2001......Page 23
Figure 1.3. Unsatisfied Basic Needs Indicators by Each Component
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Figure 1.4. Poverty According to Unsatisfied Basic Needs
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Figure 1.5. Proportion of Rural Residents with Unsatisfied Basic Needs by Province, 1991 and 2001
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Box 1.3. The 2003 Rural Household Survey
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Figure 1.10. Average Years of Schooling by Age Group and Area......Page 36
Figure 1.11. Population Pyramid for Urban Population in Argentina, 2001......Page 37
Figure 1.12. Population Pyramid for Rural Towns Population in Argentina, 2001......Page 38
Figure 1.14. Unsatisfied Basic Needs by Age of Household Head
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Figure 1.16. Housing Quality Index by Share of Population in Different Areas
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Figure 1.17. Access to Infrastructure Services......Page 41
Figure 1.18. Health Insurance by Area......Page 42
Figure 1.20. Sector of Employment by Area......Page 43
Figure 1.22. Type of Employment by Area, Agricultural Workers Only......Page 44
Figure 1.23. Salaried Agricultural Workers by Number of Workers at Place of Employment
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Box 1.1. What Does “Rural” Mean in Argentina?
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Box 2.1. An Example of a Case Study in Chaco Province
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Box 2.2. An Example of a Case Study in Jujuy Province
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Box 2.3. An Example of a Case Study in Tucumán Province
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Box 2.4. Chagas Disease
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Box 2.5. An Example of an Indigenous Case Study in Mendoza Province
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Box 3.1. Organization of the Encuesta de Hogares in Bolivia
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