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Asia’s Poorest and Hungry: Trends and Characteristics

Asia’s Poorest and Hungry: Trends and Characteristics. Akhter Ahmed, Ruth Hill, Doris Wiesmann, and Lisa Smith International Food Policy Research Institute Policy Forum Session C on “Poverty and Hunger in Rural Asia” Manila August 9-10, 2007.

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Asia’s Poorest and Hungry: Trends and Characteristics

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  1. Asia’s Poorest and Hungry:Trends and Characteristics Akhter Ahmed, Ruth Hill, Doris Wiesmann, and Lisa Smith International Food Policy Research Institute Policy Forum Session C on “Poverty and Hunger in Rural Asia” Manila August 9-10, 2007

  2. Poverty in Asia: Where the poor livePoor living on less than $1 a day 937 million in 1990 614 million in 2004 Page 2

  3. Where the poor, the poorer, and the poorest Live Extreme poor (<$1 and $0.75): 372 million in 2004 Hardcore poor (<$0.75 and $0.50): 213 million in 2004 Ultra poor (<$0.50): 29 million in 2004 Page 3

  4. Trends in Extreme, Hardcore, and Ultra poverty rates: 1990-2004 Page 4

  5. Overall, poverty in Asia declined more for those closer to poverty line Page 5

  6. In rural India, poverty fell most for those living between 50 and 75 cents a day Page 6

  7. South Asia is a current hot spot of hunger,but hunger declined considerably Page 7

  8. Global Hunger Index (2003):Ranking of Asian Countries Page 8

  9. Selected Findings from Country Case Studies: Analysis of Nationally Representative Household Survey Data Page 9

  10. Poverty is predominantly rural (Poor living on less than $1 a day) Page 10

  11. Prevalence of hunger is higher in urban areas(Less than 2,200 kcal/person/day) Page 11

  12. Most Pakistani and Bangladeshi rural poor living on less than $1-a-day are landless • South Asian rural landless are hard to reach—they benefit a little from agricultural development • Lacking draft animals and farm implements, they can seldom work as sharecroppers, so most depend on daily wages for livelihood Page 12

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