Updating Poverty Estimates at Frequent Intervals in the Absence of Consumption Data : Methods and Illustration with Reference to a Middle-Income Country

Obtaining consistent estimates on poverty over time as well as monitoring poverty trends on a timely basis is a priority concern for policy makers. However, these objectives are not readily achieved in practice when household consumption data are n...

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Main Authors: Dang, Hai-Anh H., Lanjouw, Peter F., Serajuddin, Umar
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/09/20230001/updating-poverty-estimates-frequent-intervals-absence-consumption-data-methods-illustration-reference-middle-income-country
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20374