Making Poor Haitians Count Poverty in Rural and Urban Haiti Based on the First Household Survey for Haiti

Making Poor Haitians Count Poverty in Rural and Urban Haiti Based on the First Household Survey for Haiti

This paper analyzes poverty in Haiti based on the first Living Conditions Survey of 7,186 households covering the whole country and representative at the regional level. Using a US$1 a day extreme poverty line, the analysis reveals that 49 percent of Haitian households live in absolute poverty.

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