The assessment of poverty in Belarus for 2017-2018

This paper estimates poverty in Belarus using annual data of the Sample Household Survey on Living Standards from 2017-2018. The results show that absolute poverty in the country for the period after the economic recession of 2015-2016 decreased from 29.3% to 23.9%. In addition, there was also a decrease in the poverty gap from 7.1% to 5.5%. In the regional context, the highest incidence of poverty was observed in the Mogilev region. The most vulnerable groups are children, large families, and rural residents.

The Policy Paper is available only in Russian.

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