Europe & Central Asia

This page links to summaries of World Bank poverty analyses, including poverty assessments, poverty notes, poverty updates, country economic memorandums and development reports. The full text documents are also provided when available (use the free Adobe Acrobat Readerto view the them). Poverty assessments have been key instruments of the World Bank's poverty reduction strategy since 1992 (see Guidance on Poverty Assessments).

COUNTRY

YEAR

TITLE

Albania	1997	Growing Out of Poverty
	2001	Poverty in Albania: A Qualitative Assessment
	2003	Poverty Assessment
	2007	Urban Growth, Migration and Poverty Reduction: A Poverty Assessment
Armenia	1996	Confronting Poverty Issues
	1999	Improving Social Assistance in Armenia
	2004	Poverty Update
Azerbaijan	1997	Poverty Assessment
	2003	Poverty Assessment
Belarus	1996	An Assessment of Poverty and Prospects for Improved Living Standards
	2005	Poverty Assessment: Can Poverty Reduction and Access to Services Be Sustained?
Bosnia-Herzegovina	2003	Poverty Assessment
Bulgaria	1999	Poverty during the Transition
	2002	Poverty Assessment
Croatia	2000	Economic Vulnerability and Welfare Study
	2006	Living Standards Assessment: Promoting Social Inclusion and Regional Equity
Estonia	1996	Living Standards During the Transition: A Poverty Assessment
Georgia	1999	Poverty and Income Distribution
	2001	Poverty Update
Hungary	1996	Poverty and Social Transfers
	2000	Long-term Poverty, Social Protection, and the Labor Market
Kazakhstan	1998	Living Standards During the Transition
	2004	Dimensions of Poverty in Kazakhstan
Kosovo	2002	Poverty Assessment
	2005	Poverty Assessment -- Promoting Opportunity, Security, and Participation for All
	2007	Poverty Assessment
Kyrgyz Republic	1995	Poverty Assessment and Strategy
	1999	Update on Poverty in the Kyrgyz Republic
	2001	Poverty in the 1990s in the Kyrgyz Republic
	2003	Enhancing Pro-Poor Growth
	2005	Poverty Update: Profile of Living Standards in 2003
	2007	Poverty Assessment
Latvia	2000	Poverty Assessment
	2006	Sharing the High Growth Dividend: A Living Standards Assessment
Macedonia, FYR	1999	Focusing on the Poor
	2005	Poverty Assessment for 2002-2003
Moldova	2000	Poverty Assessment
	2004	Recession, Recovery and Poverty in Moldova
Poland	1995	Poverty in Poland
	2004	Growth, Employment and Living Standards in Pre-Accession Poland
Romania	1997	Poverty and Social Policy
	2003	Poverty Assessment
Russia	1995	Poverty in Russia: An Assessment
	1999	Targeting and the Longer-Term Poor
	2004	Reducing Poverty Through Growth and Social Policy Reform
Serbia & Montenegro	2003	Poverty Assessment
Slovak Republic	2001	Living Standards, Employment, and Labor Market Study
	2005	The Quest for Equitable Growth in the Slovak Republic
Tajikistan	2000	Poverty Assessment
	2004	Poverty Assessment Update
Turkey	2000	Economic Reforms, Living Standards and Social Welfare Study
	2005	Joint Poverty Assessment Report
Ukraine	1996	Poverty in Ukraine
Uzbekistan	2003	Living Standards Assessment: Policies to Improve Living Standards
	2007	Living Standards Assessment Update

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