Middle East & North Africa

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 Reader to 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

Algeria	1999	Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction

Egypt	1992	Alleviating Poverty during Structural Adjustment
	2002	Poverty Reduction in Egypt - Diagnosis and Strategy

Jordan	1995	Poverty Assessment
	2004	Poverty Assessment

Morocco	1994	Poverty, Adjustment and Growth
	2001	Poverty Update
	2004	Poverty Report — Strengthening Policy by Identifying the Geographic Dimension of Poverty

Tunisia	1996	Poverty Alleviation: Preserving Progress while Preparing for the Future

West Bank and Gaza	2001	Poverty in the West Bank and Gaza
	2004	Deep Palestinian Poverty in the Midst of Economic Crisis

Yemen	1996	Poverty Assessment
	2002	Poverty Update

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