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Absolute and Relative Poverty Measurement : A Survey

This paper reviews the debate opposing the absolute and relative approaches to monetary poverty measurement. The arguments for combining both approaches into a single “overall” monetary poverty measure are introduced. The most salient proposals of...

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Main Author: Decerf, Benoit
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
HYBRID POVERTY LINES
POVERTY INDICES
MONETARY POVERTY MEASUREMENT
ABSOLUTE MONETARY POVERTY MEASUREMENT
RELATIVE MONETARY POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY INDEX
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
RELATIVE POVERTY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099718004182241161/IDU00220e87405568049f40b4e405d19302f1978
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37325

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099718004182241161/IDU00220e87405568049f40b4e405d19302f1978
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37325

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