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Poverty Alleviation and Sdgs in South Asia: a Compendium 1 Chapter 1 Extended to 2015 to Coincide with the Periodicity of 1 Kabul Islamabad Best Practices New Delhi Kathmandu Thimphu in Poverty Alleviation and SDGs in South Asia: Asia: South in SDGs in Poverty Alleviation and Dhaka Best Practices in PovertyPoverty AlleviationAlleviation andand SAARC SDGsSDGs inin SouthSouth Asia:Asia: A Compendium Colombo Male A Compendium SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION SAARC SECRETARIAT Tridevi Marg, Thamel P.O. Box: 4222, Kathmandu, Nepal Tel: 977-1-4221785, 4226350 Fax: 977-1-4227033, 4223991 Email: [email protected] SAARC Web: www.saarc-sec.org SAARC Released by the SAARC Council of Ministers at the Eighteenth SAARC Summit, Kathmandu, Nepal 25 November 2014 Best Practices in PovertyPoverty AlleviationAlleviation andand SAARC SDGsSDGs inin SouthSouth Asia:Asia: A Compendium SAARC Secretariat, 2014 No part of this publication may be reported in any form without prior permission or due acknowledgement. Published by SAARC Secretariat, Kathmandu P.O. Box: 4222, Tel: (977-1) 4221785, 4226350, 4231334 Fax: (977-1) 4227033, 4223991 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.saarc-sec.org Editorial Board at the SAARC Secretariat Dhan Bahadur Oli, Director Y.B. Thapa, Ph. D., Poverty Alleviation Specialist Pawan K. Dubey, SPA (GSS-I) Kumar Shrestha, GSS-I Text Editing Anand Aditya Layout/Print Font Traders Pvt. Ltd. Manbhawan, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur Tel: (977-1) 1-5539358 Email: [email protected] ISBN: 978-9937 8886-0-8 US$ 5.00 Contents Abbreviations VIII Preface IX Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Dimensions of Poverty in South Asia 2 Earlier Studies on Best Practices in Poverty Alleviation 5 Template for Best Practices 6 Symposium on Best Practices 8 Organization of the Report 8 Chapter 2: Afghanistan 9 Status of Poverty 11 Poverty Alleviation Programs 12 Assessing SAARC Development Goals 17 Main Challenges: Regional Context 32 Projects on Poverty Alleviation 33 Expected Outputs 36 Key Challenges 36 Chapter 3: Bangladesh 37 SDGs and the Goals 40 Best Practices in Poverty Alleviation 44 Major Program Areas 44 Thematic/SAARC Best Practices in PAPA or SDGs 56 Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators 60 Conclusion 61 Way Forward 63 Chapter 4: Bhutan 67 Best Practices in Poverty Alleviation 71 Conclusion 80 Recommendations 80 Chapter 5: India 81 Poverty Alleviation Programs 83 Best Practices 84 Conclusion 105 Recommendations 105 Chapter 6: Maldives 107 Prevalence and Causes of Poverty 111 Best Practices 116 Livelihood Support Activity 122 Best Practices in Specific SDGs 125 Conclusion 130 III Chapter 7: Nepal 131 Best Practice Projects for Poverty Alleviation 133 Conclusion 143 Recommendations 143 Chapter 8: Pakistan 145 Health Status 147 Best Practices 149 Issues in Best Practices 153 Conclusion 160 Recommendations 160 Chapter 9: Sri Lanka 161 Best Practices in Poverty Reduction 163 Mode of Intervention 171 Conclusion 172 Chapter 10: Regional Dimensions of Poverty 175 Assessing National Poverty Lines (NPLs) 177 Country Norms about Poverty Lines 178 Inclusion: Country/Geographical, Gender, and Social Aspects 181 SAARC Region 190 Program Areas 191 Country Best Practices 192 Recommendations and Way Forward 198 Appendices 201 Appendix 1: Template for Country Reports on Best Practices in Poverty Alleviation 201 Appendix 2: Maps, Figures, and Tables 207 Appendix 3 List of Participants 221 Notes 226 LIST OF FIGURES 1.1 Population growth in South Asia 1985-2001 3 1.2 GNI growth rate in South Asia 1985-2021 3 1.3 Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) in South Asia 1984-2020 3 1.4 Prevalence of undernutrition in the World, South Asia, and SAARC member states 1991-2011 3 1.5 Changes in incidence of poverty with respect to GDP growth in South Asia 2000-2012 4 1.6 Rates of population growth in South Asia 1980-2012 4 1.7 Population size by rural and urban areas in South Asia till 2012 4 1.8 Incidence of poverty in South Asia by rural and urban locality using NPLs, 2000-2010 4 1.9 Incidence of poverty in SAARC member states by rural and urban locations 4 2.1 Afghanistan national development strategy (ANDS) 11 2.2 GDP growth in Afghanistan 11 2.3 GDP per capita growth 12 2.4 Share of various kinds of food groups in household consumption expenditure by survey year 18 2.5 Number of people sourcing their livelihood from opium (mn), Afghanistan 19 2.6 Household expenditure on Consumer durables, Afghanistan 19 IV 2.7 Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 100,000 births), Afghanistan 21 2.8 Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel (%), Afghanistan 22 2.9 Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel by residence in 2011-2013 (%) 23 2.10 Proportion of skilled birth attendance by wealth quintile (%) 23 2. 11 Adolescent birth rate by Residence (%) 23 2.12 Adolescent birth rate in neighboring countries aged 15-19 years (%) 24 2. 13 Net Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (%) 24 2. 14 Gross Enrollment Ratio in Primary Education (%) 24 2.15 Literacy rate of 15-24 years old (%) 25 2.16 Share of education in national budget 25 2.17 Proportion of land area covered by forest (%) 28 2.18 Proportion of population with sustainable access to improved water source (%) 29 2.19 Ratio of area protected to maintain biological diversity to surface area (%) 29 2.20 Proportion of species threatened with extinction (%) 30 2.21 Carbon dioxide emission (MT per capita) 30 2.22 Consumption of ozone depleting substances (MT) 30 2.23 Proportion of population using solid fuels (%) 31 2.24 Proportion of population with access to improved sanitation (%) 31 2.25 Proportion of households with access to secure tenure (%) 31 2.26 Total slum dwellers (million) 31 3.1 Remittance of migrants, Bangladesh, 1999-2012 51 3.2 Growth of allocation for Social Safety Net percentage of Programs, budget and GDP 52 4.1 Contribution of RNR Sector to Total GDP, 2000-2010 in 2000 prices 70 5.1 Membership of SHGs 86 5.1 Women being empowered 84 5.2 Structure of Federations 86 5.3 Patterns of capital fund 87 5.4 Mahila Bank in Transaction 87 5.5 Social Mobilization 89 5.6 Community Resource Persons 89 5.7 Success path of Hivre Bazar 99 5.8 Change in Adarsh Gram 99 6.1 Labor force participation rates by location in % 113 6.2 Unemployment rates by location in % 113 9.1 Average vegetable prices of Dambulla in 2009 168 9.2 Average vegetable prices of Dambulla in 2011 168 10.1 National Poverty Lines in South Asia in nominal expenditure USD per capita daily 177 10.2 Nutrition-based anchor of Poverty Lines in 177 10.3 Relative share of Foods and Non-Foods in the NPLs by country 178 10.4 Pen’s Parade Inverse CDF of consumption 178 10.5 Consumption of commodity groups around poverty line in urban area, India Rs/month 179 10.6 Food consumption at poverty line class annually (kg/capital/year) 179 10.7 Cumulative population ranked from poor to rich for Maldives, 2002/03 & 2009/10 180 10.8 Consurnption by deciles 1-6th in relation to poverty line in Nepal 2010-11 (Rs/capita/day) 180 10.9 Households types BPL 181 10.10 Poverty gap in South Asia Region at USD 1.25 (PPP) (%) 182 10.11 Poverty Gap in South Asia by countries during 1190-2010 at USD 1.25PPP daily (%) 182 V 10.12 Trend of Poverty HCR, Gaps and Severity in Afghanistan 182 10.13 Incidence of poverty in Afghanistan by ecological region, and change 182 10.14 Trends in poverty HCR by ecological region 2005-2010 183 10.15 India - Poverty HCR and Poverty gap at the national level 184 10.16 Poverty head count ratio (HCR) by ecological region (simple average) and rural-urban settlment 184 10.17 Status of poverty by social group in India, 1993/94-2009/10 185 10.18 Maldives: Poverty HCR by Relative Poverty Line 186 10.19 Poverty HCR trends and targets, and trend of poverty gap and severity in Nepal 186 10.20 Poverty in Nepal by ecological rural / urban area (%) 186 10.21 Trend of Poverty HCR in Pakistan 187 10.22 Poverty by province, Pakistan, 2012 187 10.23 Sir Lanka: Poverty HCR trends and projection 189 10.24 Sir Lanka: Poverty trends by residence 189 10.25 Approximate shares of inputs in total cost of income generating projects 198 LIST OF TABLES 1.1 List of studies on the best practices published by SAARC Secretariat till 2012 5 1.2 States and prioritized programs 8 2.1 Average land-size in jeribs distributed among households engaged in agriculture 13 2.2 Poverty rate by region, Afghanistan 14 2.3 Share of consumption aggregate components, by quintile (in percentage), Afghanistan 19 2.4 Some Vital statistics, Afghanistan 21 2.5 Some MDG education-related targets in Afghanistan by year (%) 25 2.6 Some MDG environment-related targets in Afghanistan by year (%) 27 3.1a Headcount Poverty Rate (%) 39 3.1b Incidence of poverty by CBN method, 2010 for the division and national levels 40 3.2 Poverty Rate and Occupation 2005 45 3.3 Landownership and poverty in rural Bangladesh 45 3.4 Trend in the number of employment abroad and amount of remittances 51 3. 5 The main types of social protection programs in Bangladesh 53 4.1 Percentage distribution of employed persons by sex and major occupation 2011 69 4.2 Estimated villages for targeting under REAP to reduce extreme poverty by various levels 79 4.3 Cumulative progress of activities supported 73 5.1 MMS functionaries and their strength 88 6.1 Poverty Gap Ratios for 2002/03 and 2009/10 112 6.2 Gini Coefficient for Republic, Malé, and Atolls 112 6.3 Basic information on hydroponics for Vilifushi 118 6.4 Project input and cost breakdown (USD) 119 7.1 Project input and cost breakdown 138 7.2 Project target and achievement in CLDP 142 7.3 Community development and capacity building 142 7.4 Activity-wise Cost (NR) 143 8.1 Coverage
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