Tracking Poverty over Time in the Absence of Comparable Consumption Data

dc.creatorStifel, David
dc.creatorChristiaensen, Luc
dc.date2012-06-22T15:55:04Z
dc.date2012-06-22T15:55:04Z
dc.date2006-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:25:51Z
dc.descriptionFollowing the endorsement of the Millennium Development Goals, there is an increasing demand for methods to track poverty regularly. This paper develops an economically intuitive and inexpensive methodology to do so in the absence of regular, comparable data on household consumption. The minimum data requirements for the methodology are the availability of a household budget survey and a series of surveys with a comparable set of asset data also contained in the budget survey. The methodology is illustrated using a series of Demographic Health Surveys from Kenya.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6525911/tracking-poverty-over-time-absence-comparable-consumption-data
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8790
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3810
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/418023
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3810
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL POLICY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectASSET HOLDINGS
dc.subjectBASE YEAR
dc.subjectCHANGES IN POVERTY
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY ASSETS
dc.subjectCOMPARING POVERTY
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION BASKET
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION GROWTH
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION LEVELS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION MEASURE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION MEASURES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION SURVEYS
dc.subjectCORRELATION COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectCOVARIANCE MATRIX
dc.subjectDATA REQUIREMENTS
dc.subjectDECLINE IN POVERTY
dc.subjectDEFLATORS
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ISSUES
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC STUDIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC SYSTEMS
dc.subjectECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL APPLICATION
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL MODEL
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL RESULTS
dc.subjectESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS
dc.subjectEXPECTED VALUE
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectHEADCOUNT RATIO
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME MEASURES
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectLAND HOLDINGS
dc.subjectLANDHOLDINGS
dc.subjectLIVELIHOOD
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
dc.subjectMEASURING POVERTY
dc.subjectNATIONAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNEGATIVE SIGN
dc.subjectNORMAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectNUTRITIONAL STATUS
dc.subjectOFFICIAL POVERTY
dc.subjectOFFICIAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOVERTY ANALYSIS
dc.subjectPOVERTY CHANGE
dc.subjectPOVERTY COMPARISONS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDICES
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVELS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MAPPING
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY SEVERITY
dc.subjectPRICE ELASTICITY
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOODS
dc.subjectRANK CORRELATION
dc.subjectREDUCING POVERTY
dc.subjectREDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subjectRELATIVE PRICE
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL WELFARE
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSECONDARY ENROLLMENT
dc.subjectSECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT REDUCTION
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN POVERTY
dc.subjectUTILITY THEORY
dc.subjectVALUATION
dc.subjectVULNERABLE GROUPS
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATOR
dc.subjectWELFARE MEASURE
dc.subjectWELFARE MEASURES
dc.subjectWELFARE MONITORING
dc.titleTracking Poverty over Time in the Absence of Comparable Consumption Data

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