Using Simple Cross-Country Comparisons to Guide Measurement : Poverty in the CFA Franc Zone

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dc.creatorWodon, Quentin
dc.date2012-08-13T08:56:10Z
dc.date2012-08-13T08:56:10Z
dc.date2007-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:24:13Z
dc.descriptionIn 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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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8609509/using-simple-cross-country-comparisons-guide-measurement-poverty-cfa-franc-zone
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9551
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/9551
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417772
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationAfrica Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 279
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subjectABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectBASIC NEEDS
dc.subjectBASIC NEEDS METHOD
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE INDICES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION LEVEL
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION PATTERNS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subjectCOST OF FOOD
dc.subjectCROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectFOOD BASKET
dc.subjectFOOD BUNDLE
dc.subjectFOOD BUNDLES
dc.subjectFOOD COMPONENT
dc.subjectFOOD COMPONENTS
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFOOD ITEM
dc.subjectFOOD POVERTY
dc.subjectFOOD POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectFOOD POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectFOOD PRICES
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectINCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectLEVEL OF POVERTY
dc.subjectMEASURING POVERTY
dc.subjectMETHODOLOGICAL CHOICES
dc.subjectMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectNON-FOOD COMPONENTS
dc.subjectNON-FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectNON-FOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL NEEDS
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
dc.subjectOVERALL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOORER HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY COMPARISONS
dc.subjectPOVERTY DATA
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVEL
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVELS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MONITORING
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES
dc.subjectPRICE INFORMATION
dc.subjectPROTEIN
dc.subjectREGIONAL FOOD
dc.subjectREGIONAL FOOD POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectREGIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectREGIONAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectRELATIVE POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectRICHER COUNTRIES
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectWIDESPREAD POVERTY
dc.titleUsing Simple Cross-Country Comparisons to Guide Measurement : Poverty in the CFA Franc Zone

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