Description:
This study has two objectives, the first
of which is to revise the national poverty lines of Armenia.
The Government of Armenia expressed its desire for revised
poverty lines that more accurately reflect the current
consumption and expenditure patterns of the population. The
work was jointly undertaken by the client counterparts and
the World Bank. The second objective of this study is to
assess the changes in poverty incidence in the aftermath of
the global recession. This note updates the poverty numbers
using the full dataset from the 2009 Integrated Living
Conditions Survey (ILCS). It estimates how much poverty
incidence increased during the crisis, and draws
implications for mitigation measures. All poverty indices
increased during the crisis and continued to worsen during
the macroeconomic recovery.