DEVELOPING A POVERTY INFORMATION SYSTEM

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DEVELOPING A POVERTY INFORMATION SYSTEM

• Mapping Poverty in Niger

Presented to Geo-IT VoP, US AID By David Healy
Andrew Stancioff Stone Environmental Inc.
April 28, 2003
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Databases

• 1) Preliminary Census of General Population and
  Housing, 2001 Bureau Central du Recensement,
  Ministère du Plan
• 2) Boundaries of cantons, arrondissements
  départements roads Institut Géographique
  National du Niger
• 3) Rainfall 10 year annual average Direction de
  la Météorologie, Ministère des Transports
• 4) Crop Use Intensity FEWS-NET (Interpreted
  from Landsat MSS images 1985-1988
• 5) Landsat Image EROS Data Center, 1998

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Basis

• The data represented on the maps are based on the
  preliminary 2001 Census by the Central Office of
  the Census, Ministry of the Plan and do not
  include the population of the urban communities
  or cities.
• The choice of the indicators of poverty and
  vulnerability was guided by the priorities
  identified in the temporary DSRP and the
  availability of reliable data.

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Administrative Regions of Niger
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Arrondissements of Niger
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Cantons of Niger
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Level of Vulnerability by Village et Cantons
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Level of Vulnerability by Cantons
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Basis of Vulnerability Ranking

• These maps represent all villages in according to
  the following indicators of poverty/vulnerability
  
• 1) Absence of wells
• 2) Absence primary schools within 5 km
• 3) Absence of markets within 5 km
• 4) Absence 1st, 2nd, or 3rd order roads within5
  km
• 5) Absence of health facilities within 5 km
• 6) Crop intensity gt30 rainfall lt350 mm

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Community Action Program (PAC)

• Process for Choosing Sites/Communes
• Poorest Cantons
• Operators of PAC Pilot Programs
• Cantons/Sites GEF/FEM
• Zones/Sites PGRN
• Zones PADL
• Zones PDLTZ

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Pilot Program Locations PAC
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Cantons/Sites GEF/FEM
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Project Sites PGRN
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Project Sites - PADL
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Project Sites - PDLTZ
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Composite of Project Locations
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Maradi Region Levels of Vulnerability by
Cantons/Village with Project Sites
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Kokorou Canton-Landsat Image Physiographic
Elements with Village Vulnerability and GEF Site
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Spatial Analysis Illustrating Density of
Vulnerable Villages
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Current Status

• Government Trying to Reach Agreement on Where to
  House Organization

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