Estimating utility-consistent poverty lines
| dc.creator | Arndt, Channing | |
| dc.creator | Simler, Kenneth R. | |
| dc.date | 2005 | |
| dc.date | 2024-11-21T09:51:29Z | |
| dc.date | 2024-11-21T09:51:29Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T15:07:18Z | |
| dc.description | The “Cost of Basic Needs” (CBN) approach to drawing consumption-based poverty lines is widely applied and lays credible claim to being the best practice for estimating poverty measures. Unfortunately, a growing mass of evidence indicates that poverty estimates obtained under the CBN approach are often demonstrably utility inconsistent. Here, we introduce an information theoretic approach for estimating utility-consistent poverty lines. An example of the approach is provided for the case of Mozambique. The approach represents a powerful addition to the poverty analyst’s tool kit and enhances the attractiveness of the CBN approach for practical poverty measurement problems. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160658 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95164 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute | |
| dc.rights | Open Access | |
| dc.source | Arndt, Channing; Simler, Kenneth R. Estimating utility-consistent poverty lines. FCND Discussion Paper 189. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160658 | |
| dc.subject | poverty alleviation | |
| dc.subject | development projects | |
| dc.subject | evaluation | |
| dc.subject | measurement | |
| dc.title | Estimating utility-consistent poverty lines | |
| dc.type | Working Paper |