Review article
Reality and proportion of poverty in Bosnia and Herzegovina – statistical indicators
Edin Šabanović
; Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
Poverty in the European Union member states is measured using data from statistical surveys of household income or consumption expenditure and other relevant variables of the household or its members. Poverty analysis in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been based on household consumption expenditure and has been undertaken in irregular time periods according to the dynamic of implementation of the above-mentioned surveys. The first poverty analysis was done on the basis of the Living Standard Measurement Survey (LSMS) in 2001 and 2004 according to the World Bank methodology. With the introduction of the Household Budget Survey in 2004 the European methodology for poverty analysis was adopted and this was applied again in the same survey in 2007 and became the standard for monitoring poverty. Since 2003, European countries have based the poverty and social exclusion analysis on the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). Recognizing that there are no conditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina to implement this survey, but wanting at the same time to follow European regulations and recommendations, statistical institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina have reached a compromise solution with the Extended Household Budget Survey, which includes two additional modules dedicated to the analysis of social cohesion and living standards. This survey will be carried out in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2011 and will be the bridge toward the implementation of EU-SILC in the near future. According to the LSMS, in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2001 poor people accounted for 19.5% of the population, and in 2004 the figure was 17.8%. Based on the Household Budget Survey in Bosnia and Herzegovina poor people accounted for 18.3% of the population in 2004 and 18.2% in 2007.
Keywords
Household Budget Survey; poverty; poverty line
Hrčak ID:
278974
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Publication date:
2.12.2010.
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