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March 2021 PovcalNet Update : What’s New

The March 2021 update to PovcalNet involves several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. Some welfare aggregates have been changed for improved harmonization, and the CPI, national accounts, and population input data have be...

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Main Authors: Arayavechkit, Tanida, Atamanov, Aziz, Barreto Herrera, Karen Y., Belghith, Nadia Belhaj Hassine, Castaneda Aguilar, R. Andres, Fujs, Tony H.M.J., Dewina, Reno, Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina, Edochie, Ifeanyi N., Jolliffe, Dean, Lakner, Christoph, Mahler, Daniel, Montes, Jose, Moreno Herrera, Laura L., Mungai, Rose, Newhouse, David, Nguyen, Minh C., Sanchez Castro, Diana M., Schoch, Marta, Sharma, Dhiraj, Simler, Kenneth, Swinkels, Rob, Takamatsu, Shinya, Uochi, Ikuko, Viveros Mendoza, Martha C., Yonzan, Nishant, Yoshida, Nobuo, Wu, Haoyu
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
POVERTY ESTIMATATION
SURVEY DATA
CONSUMPTION DATA
WELFARE AGGREGATES
CPI
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
PPP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/654971615585402030/March-2021-PovcalNet-Update-What-s-New
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35340
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Summary:The March 2021 update to PovcalNet involves several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. Some welfare aggregates have been changed for improved harmonization, and the CPI, national accounts, and population input data have been updated. This document explains these changes in detail and the reasoning behind them. In addition to the changes listed here, a large number of new country-years have been added, resulting in a total number of surveys of more than 1,900. Moreover, this update includes important revisions to the historical survey data and for the first time, poverty estimates based on imputed consumption data.

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