Using Simple Cross-Country Comparisons to Guide Measurement : Poverty in the CFA Franc Zone
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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In order to inform discussions on the
extent of poverty in a country, it is often useful to
compare the country's poverty measures to estimates
obtained in other countries with similar levels of
development within the same region of the world. Beyond
gains from the point of view of cross-country comparisons
that such an approach provides, there are also potential
gains from such comparisons in terms of realigning a
country's poverty estimates and better informing policy
choices within the country. This is because where the
poverty line or threshold is set is somewhat normative and
thereby open to debate, and because poverty estimates are
highly sensitive to the choice of the poverty line (even if
poverty comparisons over time or across groups may not be),
it is often difficult for agencies such as National
Statistical Offices or government units in charge of Poverty
Reduction Strategies in any given country to adopt a
critical perspective on their own poverty estimates. This
issue of Findings looks at how to use simple cross country
comparisons and how to guide measurement of poverty in the
CFA franc zone.
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ABSOLUTE POVERTY, ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE, BASIC NEEDS, BASIC NEEDS METHOD, CONSUMER PRICE INDICES, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION LEVEL, CONSUMPTION PATTERNS, CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA, COST OF FOOD, CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, FOOD BASKET, FOOD BUNDLE, FOOD BUNDLES, FOOD COMPONENT, FOOD COMPONENTS, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD EXPENDITURE, FOOD EXPENDITURES, FOOD ITEM, FOOD POVERTY, FOOD POVERTY LINE, FOOD POVERTY LINES, FOOD PRICES, GDP, GLOBAL POVERTY, HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, INCIDENCE OF POVERTY, LEVEL OF POVERTY, MEASURING POVERTY, METHODOLOGICAL CHOICES, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, NON-FOOD COMPONENTS, NON-FOOD CONSUMPTION, NON-FOOD ITEMS, NUTRITIONAL NEEDS, NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT, NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, OVERALL POVERTY LINE, POOR, POORER HOUSEHOLDS, POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, POVERTY COMPARISONS, POVERTY DATA, POVERTY ESTIMATES, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LEVEL, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MEASURE, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, POVERTY MEASURES, POVERTY MONITORING, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, PRICE INFORMATION, PROTEIN, REGIONAL FOOD, REGIONAL FOOD POVERTY LINE, REGIONAL POVERTY, REGIONAL POVERTY LINES, RELATIVE POVERTY LINE, RICHER COUNTRIES, SUBSISTENCE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, WIDESPREAD POVERTY