Poverty Map of Haiti, 2004 Version
Summary: The MPCE's 2004 poverty map of Haiti, financed by the Inter-American Development Bank. It sets out the poverty lines and the unsatisfied basic needs method, and maps poverty geographically.
Key Findings
- 71 percent of Haitians, close to 6.2 million of 8.1 million, lived below the two-dollar-a-day PPP poverty line.
- Reports separately against the one-dollar-a-day extreme poverty line.
- Documents both the poverty-line approach and the unsatisfied basic needs (BFI) method.
- Financed by the Inter-American Development Bank.
Full Description
The 2004 poverty map produced by the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation with Inter-American Development Bank financing. It documents the poverty lines used and the unsatisfied basic needs (BFI) method alongside them, then maps the results. It records that 71 percent of Haitians, close to 6.2 million of a population of 8.1 million, lived in households below the two-dollar-a-day purchasing-power-parity poverty line, and reports separately against the one-dollar extreme-poverty line.
How to cite
Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation (MPCE), Poverty Map of Haiti, 2004 Version, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/mpce-carte-pauvrete-2004