[EQ] Where the Poor Are - An Atlas of Poverty

        Poverty/Hunger/Geographic variation

       Where the Poor Are - An Atlas of Poverty

      CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

      The Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York - 2006

      Website: http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/povmap/atlas.html

      "..This atlas provides examples of the important uses of poverty maps,
including: the ability to overlay them with maps of geographical features,
agroecological zones, education, accessibility, services and so on, so as to
better understand and analyze possible causes of poverty; for better
targeting of resources; and for raising donor awareness of financing needs.

      . Chapter 2, "Poverty on a Global Scale," provides global
poverty-related maps, including "Global Distribution of Infant Mortality"
and the "Global Distribution of Hunger." These maps show that while infant
mortality is worse in Africa, hunger (percentage of children age 0-5
underweight) is much worse in South Asia, corresponding to areas with high
population density.

      . Chapter 3, "Poverty Within Continents," looks at poverty
within continents and includes maps of Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Interesting findings include a correlation between lower poverty levels and
coastal regions in both Africa and Asia.

      . In Chapter 4, "Poverty Within Countries," CIESEN provides
poverty maps for 12 different countries, and discusses specific policy
applications using poverty maps in Mexico, Uganda, Cambodia, Nicaragua,
Bolivia, Kenya and Bangladesh. One interesting finding is that in Nicaragua,
Mozambique, Kenya, Bangladesh and Vietnam, poverty maps show that poverty is
worst in rural, remote and sparsely populated areas.

      . In Chapter 5, "Urban Poverty," CIESEN predicts that in the
near future, urban growth will most impact the poorest areas of the world.
CIESEN provides several poverty maps of urban areas. .."

      The atlas is available for download in PDF format as an entire
document or by section and chapter:

      . Entire Document (26MB)

      . Cover & Front Matter (4MB)

      . Ch 1: Introduction (0.5MB)

      . Ch 2: Poverty on a Global Scale (4MB)

      . Ch 3: Poverty within Continents (5MB)

      . Ch 4: Poverty within Countries (11MB)

      . Ch 5: Urban Poverty (3 MB)

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Received on Thu Aug 10 10:04:40 2006