Australian Development Gateway

The Australian Development Gateway (ADG) strives to support members of the development community in their efforts to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region. The site has been created with participation from members of government, private, academia and non-government organisations. User feedback mechanisms have been incorporated to guide future directions of the site. The site is optimised for low bandwidth access to enable the widest participation throughout the Asia Pacific region.

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Step 2: Who are the poor to be targeted by this program?

To what extent is it possible to identify the poor in terms of

  • rural/urban location
  • region
  • gender
  • age
  • main source of livelihood
  • education attainment &
  • health status?

This profiling requires the availability of comprehensive data sources such as census data, large sample representative sample survey or good quality administrative data at the local level.

It may be sufficient, however, in countries with a low average income per head of population to use only two dimensions to identify broad target groups of the poor.

In low income countries, examples of the two dimensions are location and gender, for example, women in rural areas or women in a particular region notably poorer than other regions.

 

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