Small Area Estimation-Based Prediction Methods to Track Poverty : Validation and Applications

Tracking poverty is predicated on the availability of comparable consumption data and reliable price deflators. However, regular series of strictly comparable data are only rarely available. Price deflators are also often missing or disputed. In re...

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Main Authors: Christiaensen, Luc, Lanjouw, Peter, Luoto, Jill, Stifel, David
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110615112641
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3447