Poverty, Malnutrition and Vulnerability in Mali / Patrick Eozenou

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Eozenou, Patrick

Contributor:

Eozenou, Patrick

Madani, Dorsati

Swinkels, Rob

Series:

Policy research working papers.

World Bank e-Library.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food & Beverage Industry.

Impact of shocks.

Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.

Malnutrition.

Poverty.

Poverty Lines.

Poverty Reduction.

Regional Economic Development.

Rural Poverty Reduction.

Vulnerability.

Mali.

Local Subjects:

Food & Beverage Industry.

Impact of shocks.

Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.

Malnutrition.

Poverty.

Poverty Lines.

Poverty Reduction.

Regional Economic Development.

Rural Poverty Reduction.

Vulnerability.

Mali.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (40 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2013

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This paper provides new insight into the poverty, malnutrition and vulnerability issues in Mali, using existing household survey data. First, it presents a profile of households that are poor, "food poor," or have malnourished children. Second, it explores the impact of recent weather and price shocks on household welfare and identifies those affected most by the shocks. Finally, it estimates vulnerability to poverty by modeling both households' expected consumption and their consumption volatility, and by distinguishing between idiosyncratic and covariate risks. The basic results of the analysis match conventional knowledge about poverty, food poverty, and malnutrition. The prevalence of chronic malnutrition is high in Mali, with 44 percent of Malian households and 66 percent of food poor Malian households having at least one stunted child. A 25 percent increase in cereal prices and a 25 percent decrease in cereal production are estimated to increase the number of food poor by 610,000 people. An estimated USD 5.4 million of extra aid per year will be needed to lift the newly food poor above the food poverty line. About USD 182 million is needed to do this for all existing and new food poor. Vulnerability incidence is in general two to three times higher among the poor than the non-poor, except in urban areas and in the region of Sikasso where the vulnerability incidence is five to six times higher among the poor. Overall, vulnerability is mostly driven by poverty induced vulnerability, except in the capital, Bamako, where vulnerability is more driven by risk induced vulnerability.