[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-detail-109099-en":3,"doc-seo-109099-105":29,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":90},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",{"doc_id":7,"user_id":8,"nickname":9,"user_avatar":10,"doc_module":4,"category_id":11,"category_name":12,"doc_title":13,"doc_description":14,"doc_content":15,"file_id":16,"file_url":17,"file_type":18,"file_size":19,"view_count":20,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":21,"is_downloadable":21,"audit_status":21,"page_count":22,"language":23,"language_code":24,"site_id":25,"html_lang":24,"table_of_contents":26,"faqs":27,"seo_title":13,"seo_description":14,"update_tm":28,"read_time":11},109099,1099513958762,"Logic","https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/1000023916a998db790?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1784791008015729253",8,"Research & Report","Zambia - Poverty and Equity Assessment - 10 Key Findings","Summarizes 10 key findings from an assessment of poverty and equity in Zambia, highlighting how poverty levels do not align with the country’s GDP per capita. It describes weak poverty reduction from past growth, increasing entrenchment of extreme poverty, and the role of structural vulnerability. Evidence shows poverty concentrated in rural areas, driven largely by small-scale agriculture and subsistence livelihoods, alongside uneven trends across rural regions. The findings also compare poverty dynamics between Lusaka and other urban areas and argue that urban poverty incidence in 2022 is structurally rooted.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \n10 key findings  \nPoverty  \n1. Poverty levels are not commensurate with the country’s GDP per capital level  \n[64 .3% of the population lives on less than US$2.15 a day. Countries with similar or higher levels of poverty have significantly lower levels of GDP.]  \n2. Past economic growth resulted in disappointing poverty reduction  \n[World Average: 1% GDP pc growth leads to 2.5 percentage points in poverty reduction SSA average: 1% GDP pc growth leads to 1 pp. in poverty reduction  \nZambia: 1% GDP pc growth leads to 0.5 pp in poverty reduction (latest growth period 2010-2015)]  \n3. Poverty is becoming more entrenched over time  \n[Extreme poverty accounted for 72% in 2010. In 2022, this participation grew to 77% .][Between 2015 and 2022, the incidence of at least 2 overlapping deprivation among children grew from 55.6% to 70 .6% .]  \n4. Vulnerability to poverty is largely driven by structural factors  \n[Over 80% of vulnerability to poverty is structural (i.e., driven by households that are expected to be poor because their endowments are low. ) . The remaining 20% is driven by risk (i.e., households that are likely to be poor because they are expected to face a negative shock that they cannot cope with.  \n… Nonetheless, cushioning exposure to shocks is critical to prevent further impoverishment among the structurally poor, and it will become increasingly important to prevent further increases in poverty.]  \nRural-  \n5. Poverty is overwhelmingly rural  \n[80% of the poor live in rural areas]  \n[Since 2010, more than 3 out of four rural households are poor]  \n6. Small scale agriculture keeps households at subsistence levels  \n[77 .4% of rural households are classified as small-scale agricultural households][81% of them are poor – 10 percentage points higher than medium-scale agricultural households or non-agricultural households]  \n… note: definitions based on the sampling strata as defined by ZamStats  \n7. Not all rural areas experienced rising poverty  \n[The incidence of poverty in Rural areas in the urban provinces of Copperbelt and Lusaka declined from 63.7% in 2010 to 57.9% in 2022. If helps to contrast: The incidence of poverty in other rural areas increased from 77.3% to 80.8% over the same period. ]… behind this was a larger asset accumulation that benefited the poor more strongly, combined with better connectivity and access to markets  \n…for example, electricity access increased disproportionately among rural households near-urban centers.  \n8. Agriculture can offer a path out of poverty  \n[Non-poor that depend mainly on agricultural income earn about 3 times more than the poor that depend mainly on agricultural income]  \n[Among the non-poor, the increase in medium-scale agricultural households increased closed to twice as much as the increase in non-agricultural households (8.5 versus 4.9 – ratio 1.7) . Among the poor, the increase in non-agricultural households was slightly higher (6.4 versus 5.8)]  \nUrban-  \n9. There are notable differences between Lusaka and the rest of urban areas  \nWhen growth was positive …  \na. Individuals with low skills were 2.5 more likely to be lift out of poverty in Lusaka relative to the rest of urban areas / growth trickled down to the poor in Lusaka but little in other urban areas  \nThe profile of those who left poverty between 2010 and 2015 In Lusaka: 67% unskilled [roughly … 2/3 unskilled – 1/3 skilled]  \nIn the rest of urban areas: 27% unskilled [roughly … 1/3 unskilled – 2/3 skilled] When growth was negative …  \nb. The recent poverty increase between 2015 and 2022 was twice as large outside Lusaka:  \nIn Lusaka: increase of 4.1  \nOutside Lusaka: increase of 9.6  \n10. The higher incidence of urban poverty observed in 2022 is likely structural  \n[The poverty increase is estimated to have twice as much at the peak of the crises.  \nIncrease between 2015 and 2020: approx. 18. Decrease between 2020 and 2022 approx.  \n11 – maybe two a","cbCaifgNjpPBIgBF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifgNjpPBIgBF","pdf",178969,5,1,3,"English","en",105,"# Poverty\n## Key findings 1-4\n## Key findings 5-8\n## Urban differences and findings 9-10","[{\"question\":\"How do poverty levels compare with Zambia’s GDP per capita?\",\"answer\":\"Poverty levels are not commensurate with Zambia’s GDP per capita, with 64.3% of the population living on less than US$2.15 a day.\"},{\"question\":\"What explains vulnerability to poverty in Zambia?\",\"answer\":\"More than 80% of vulnerability is driven by structural factors—households expected to be poor due to low endowments—while about 20% is linked to risk from negative shocks.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the main differences between Lusaka and other urban areas?\",\"answer\":\"Lusaka shows stronger pro-poor dynamics when growth is positive, but between 2015 and 2022 the poverty increase was larger outside Lusaka. Urban poverty incidence in 2022 is estimated to be structurally driven.\"}]",1784476635,{"code":4,"msg":30,"data":31},"ok",{"site_id":25,"language":24,"slug":32,"title":13,"keywords":33,"description":14,"schema_data":34,"social_meta":85,"head_meta":87,"extra_data":89,"updated_unix":28},"zambia-poverty-and-equity-assessment-10-key-findings","",{"@graph":35,"@context":84},[36,52,67],{"@type":37,"itemListElement":38},"BreadcrumbList",[39,43,47,49],{"item":40,"name":41,"@type":42,"position":21},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":44,"name":45,"@type":42,"position":46},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":48,"name":12,"@type":42,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",{"item":50,"name":13,"@type":42,"position":51},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/zambia-poverty-and-equity-assessment-10-key-findings/109099/",4,{"url":50,"name":13,"@type":53,"author":54,"headline":13,"publisher":56,"fileFormat":59,"inLanguage":24,"description":14,"dateModified":60,"datePublished":61,"encodingFormat":59,"isAccessibleForFree":62,"interactionStatistic":63},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":55},"Person",{"url":40,"name":57,"@type":58},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-07-30","2026-07-19",true,{"@type":64,"interactionType":65,"userInteractionCount":20},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":66},"ViewAction",{"@type":68,"mainEntity":69},"FAQPage",[70,76,80],{"name":71,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":73},"How do poverty levels compare with Zambia’s GDP per capita?","Question",{"text":74,"@type":75},"Poverty levels are not commensurate with Zambia’s GDP per capita, with 64.3% of the population living on less than US$2.15 a day.","Answer",{"name":77,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":78},"What explains vulnerability to poverty in Zambia?",{"text":79,"@type":75},"More than 80% of vulnerability is driven by structural factors—households expected to be poor due to low endowments—while about 20% is linked to risk from negative shocks.",{"name":81,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":82},"What are the main differences between Lusaka and other urban areas?",{"text":83,"@type":75},"Lusaka shows stronger pro-poor dynamics when growth is positive, but between 2015 and 2022 the poverty increase was larger outside Lusaka. Urban poverty incidence in 2022 is estimated to be structurally driven.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":50,"og:type":86,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":57,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":88,"canonical":50},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":25},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":91},[92,96,100,104,108,113,118,121,126,129,133],{"id":21,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":93,"show_sort_weight":94,"slug":95},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":97,"show_sort_weight":98,"slug":99},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":51,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":101,"show_sort_weight":102,"slug":103},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":20,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":105,"show_sort_weight":106,"slug":107},"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":109,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":110,"show_sort_weight":111,"slug":112},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":114,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":115,"show_sort_weight":116,"slug":117},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":119,"slug":120},30,"research-report",{"id":122,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":123,"show_sort_weight":124,"slug":125},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":124,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":127,"show_sort_weight":124,"slug":128},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":130,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":131,"show_sort_weight":130,"slug":132},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":134,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":135,"show_sort_weight":20,"slug":136},19,"General","general"]