Namibia |
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Selected EarthTrends Data: |
| Variable | Value |
| Gini Index{1} | 74 |
| Population living on less than $1/day{2} | 35% |
| Population living on less than $2/day{3} | 56% |
| Poverty Gap $1/day{4} | 14% |
| Poverty Gap $2/day{5} | 30% |
| Access to improved sanitation | 25% |
| Access to an improved water source | 87% |
| Literacy rate, all adults | 85% |
| Life expectancy, both sexes | 46 years |
| Definitions and Sources |
| {1} Survey year: 1993. Based on income. {2} Survey year: 1993. Based on income. {3} Survey year: 1993. Based on income. {4} Survey year: 1993. Based on income. {5} Survey year: 1993. Based on income. |
Poverty resources:
- Do households gain from community-based natural resource management? An evaluation of community conservancies in Namibia (Document)
- USAID Namibia Country Office (Project)
- World Bank Namibia Program (Project)
Poverty datasets:
- None
Citations from the World Resources Report:
- Community Management of Natural Resources in Namibia
- Disentangling Benefits. Livelihoods, Natural Resource Management and Managing Revenue from Tourism: The Experience of Torra Conservancy, Namibia
- Do Households Gain from Community-Based Natural Resource Management? An Evaluation of Community Conservancies in Namibia
- Economic Efficiency and Incentives for Change within Namibia's Community Wildlife Use Initiatives
- How sustainable is the communalizing discourse of 'new' conservation? The masking of difference, inequality and aspiration in the fledgling 'conservancies' of Namibia
- Livelihoods and CBNRM in Namibia: The Findings of the WILD Project
- Policy Lessons from the Evolution of a Community-Based Approach to Wildlife Management, Kunene Region, Namibia
- The Legal Aspects of Governance in CBNRM in Namibia
EarthTrends Country Profiles: (opens pdf in a new window)
World Bank PovertyNet Library: (opens in a new window)
Development Gateway: (opens in a new window)
