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The Evolution of Poverty during the Crisis in Indonesia, 1996–99

Poverty is intrinsically a complex social construct, and even when it is narrowly defined by a deficit of consumption spending, many thorny issues arise in setting an appropriate "poverty line". The authors limit themselves to examining how poverty - defined on a consistent, welfare-compar...

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Main Authors:	Suryahadi, Asep, Sumarto, Sudarno, Suharso, Yusuf, Pritchett, Lant
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	caloric intake CDF commodities comparing poverty conceptual basis consumer price index consumption bundle consumption expenditures consumption module consumption pattern consumption patterns CPI data set data sets decomposable poverty measures density function development issues distributional changes expenditure function expenditure level financial support food basket food expenditures food poverty food poverty line food prices food share headcount poverty headcount poverty rate headcount poverty rates household survey household surveys income increase poverty inflation inflation rate inflation rates marginal propensity mean expenditures national level national poverty non-food components non-food items non-food prices official poverty policy research poor group poor households poverty bundle poverty change poverty data base poverty increases poverty index poverty line poverty line using poverty lines poverty measure poverty measures poverty rate poverty rates poverty reduction poverty strategy price changes price elasticities prices change purchasing power real terms reduced poverty relative price relative prices representative sample resulting poverty lines rural areas savings significant reduction social development utility function utility level welfare economics welfare impact welfare levels financial crises social analysis consumption statistics poverty measurement price fluctuations deflators
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21362

The Evolution of Poverty during the Crisis in Indonesia, 1996–99

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