Papua New Guinea poverty and equity brief: spring 2018 (الفرنسية)

The last Household and Income Expenditure Survey (HIES) was conducted in Papua New Guinea in 2009—2010, with the previous round conducted in 1996. Poverty, as measured by the international lower middle income class poverty line of $3.20 (2011 PPP USD...  انظر المزيد + The last Household and Income Expenditure Survey (HIES) was conducted in Papua New Guinea in 2009—2010, with the previous round conducted in 1996. Poverty, as measured by the international lower middle income class poverty line of $3.20 (2011 PPP USD per person per day), was 65.6 percent in 2009—2010, a decline from 70.8 percent in 1996. Over the same period, extreme poverty, according to the 2011 PPP $1.90 international poverty line, declined from 53.2 percent to 38.0 percent. Inequality, as measured by the Gini index, was 42 in 2009-2010, slightly higher than for regional neighbors. Using the national basic needs poverty line, it was estimated that approximately 40 percent of the population was poor at the time of the 2009—2010 survey. Rural Momase and the New Guinea Islands have the highest incidence of poverty, though population density means that more than two-thirds of all the poor were located in the Highlands and rural Momase. Poverty (according to the national poverty line) is strongly correlated with the level of education, literacy, and economic activity of the household head. Substantial issues with the timeliness, quality, and comparability of survey rounds, however, impact confidence in deductions from the data.  رؤية أقل ـ