Are neighbors equal?: estimating local inequality in three developing countries
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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A methodology to produce disaggregated estimates of inequality is implemented in three developing countries: Ecuador, Madagascar, and Mozambique. These inequality estimates are decomposed into progressively more disaggregated spatial units and the results in all three countries are suggestive that even at a very high level of spatial disaggregation, the contribution of within-community inequality to overall inequality remains very high. The results also indicate there is a considerable amount of variation across communities in all three countries. The basic correlates of local-level inequality are explored, and it is consistently found that geographic characteristics are strongly correlated with inequality, even after controlling for demographic and economic conditions." -- Authors' Abstract
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equality, spatial analysis, household surveys, economic situation, developing countries, public services, public finance, geography, surveys, households, decentralization