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    Armen Press
    July 2, 2004

    RAPID POVERTY MONITORING METHODOLOGY DEVELOPED BY UNDP ARMENIA
    PRESENTED TO PARTNERS AND THE PUBLIC
    YEREVAN, JULY 2, ARMENPRESS: On July 1 in the UN House, the United
    Nations Development Program (UNDP) convened a discussion on the
    National Human Development Survey (NHDS) and the Poverty Monitoring
    Methodology (RPMM) used during the NHDS. Government officials, donors
    and civil society experts focused on survey indicators, regional human
    poverty indices and the National Social Monitoring System.
    The NHDS was conducted in spring 2003 within the framework of a
    joint UNDP and Government of Armenia project on the "Creation of a
    Social Monitoring and Analysis System." The survey covered 6,000
    households in 170 rural and 41 urban communities, representatively
    selected from all eleven regions of the country, including Yerevan. For
    the first time, the survey was based on a Rapid Poverty Monitoring
    Methodology developed by UNDP. The information collected during the
    survey was disaggregated by region and population group and
    incorporated into databases used to track human development, human
    poverty and progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The
    main findings of the NHDS are summarized in the fifth issue of Armenia
    Social Trends, a bi-annual bilingual informational-analytical bulletin.
    The results of the National Human Development Survey indicate that
    human poverty is more widespread in rural areas, where people have
    limited access to education, particularly pre-school and professional
    education. People living in rural areas are also negatively affected by
    reduced access to healthcare, particularly primary care, and to modern
    information technologies.
    According to Ms. Grande: "UNDP is confident that a better
    understanding of human poverty in the regions will help the Government
    and civil society to sharpen the country's pro-poor policies, ensuring
    that they are aimed at reaching the eight Millennium Development Goals
    and supporting the Poverty Reduction Strategy."
    In the framework of the "Creation of a Social Monitoring and
    Analysis System" project, a special training program in the Economics
    Department of Yerevan State University on the theoretical and practical
    aspects of databases was organized for the regional M&A units
    established by the Government. In addition, seminars and workshops on
    methodological and computerized analysis of data have been organized
    for the 18 non-governmental organizations participating in the survey.
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