On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities
Important differences exist between communities with respect to their needs, capacities, and circumstances. As central governments are not able to discern these differences fully, they seek to achieve their policy objectives by relying on decentral...
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okr-10986-140162021-04-23T14:03:21Z On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities Elbers, Chris Lanjouw, Peter F. Mistiaen, Johan Özler, Berk Simler, Ken ANTI- POVERTY PROGRAMS BETWEEN- GROUP INEQUALITY COLLECTIVE ACTION CRIME DATA SETS DECOMPOSABLE INCOME INEQUALITY MEASURES DECOMPOSITION RESULTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL MODEL EXPLANATORY POWER EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FUNCTIONAL FORM GINI COEFFICIENT GROUP INEQUALITY HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNITIES HETEROSKEDASTICITY HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT OF INEQUALITY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCREASED INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY ESTIMATES INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INEQUALITY MEASURES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL LEVELS LOCAL POVERTY MEAN CONSUMPTION MEAN INCOMES MEAN LOG DEVIATION NATIONAL LEVEL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY OUTCOMES POLICY RESEARCH POOR POPULATION SHARE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY REDUCTION PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC WORKS REGRESSION ANALYSIS SOCIAL FUNDS TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TRANSFER PROGRAMS WELFARE INDICATORS COMMUNITIES DATA SETS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE HEADCOUNT INDEX HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INEQUALITY PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY PROGRAMS RURAL COMMUNITIES SELECTION BIAS URBAN AREAS WELFARE INDICATORS Important differences exist between communities with respect to their needs, capacities, and circumstances. As central governments are not able to discern these differences fully, they seek to achieve their policy objectives by relying on decentralized mechanisms that use local information. However, household and individual characteristics within communities can also vary substantially. A growing theoretical literature suggests that inequality within communities can influence policy outcomes, and that this influence could be harmful or helpful, depending on the circumstances. Empirical investigations into the impact of inequality have, to date, largely been held back by a lack of systematic evidence on community-level inequality. The authors use household survey and population census data to estimate per capita consumption inequality within communities in three developing countries: Ecuador, Madagascar, and Mozambique. Communities are found to vary markedly from one another in terms of the degree of inequality they exhibit. The authors also show that there should be no presumption that inequality is less severe in poor communities. They argue that the kind of community-level inequality estimates generated in this paper can be used in designing and evaluating decentralized antipoverty programs. 2013-06-19T17:36:50Z 2013-06-19T17:36:50Z 2004-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/4976897/unequal-inequality-poor-communities-unequal-inequality-poor-communities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14016 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3313 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Latin America & Caribbean |
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ANTI- POVERTY PROGRAMS BETWEEN- GROUP INEQUALITY COLLECTIVE ACTION CRIME DATA SETS DECOMPOSABLE INCOME INEQUALITY MEASURES DECOMPOSITION RESULTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL MODEL EXPLANATORY POWER EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FUNCTIONAL FORM GINI COEFFICIENT GROUP INEQUALITY HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNITIES HETEROSKEDASTICITY HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT OF INEQUALITY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCREASED INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY ESTIMATES INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INEQUALITY MEASURES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL LEVELS LOCAL POVERTY MEAN CONSUMPTION MEAN INCOMES MEAN LOG DEVIATION NATIONAL LEVEL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY OUTCOMES POLICY RESEARCH POOR POPULATION SHARE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY REDUCTION PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC WORKS REGRESSION ANALYSIS SOCIAL FUNDS TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TRANSFER PROGRAMS WELFARE INDICATORS COMMUNITIES DATA SETS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE HEADCOUNT INDEX HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INEQUALITY PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY PROGRAMS RURAL COMMUNITIES SELECTION BIAS URBAN AREAS WELFARE INDICATORS |
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ANTI- POVERTY PROGRAMS BETWEEN- GROUP INEQUALITY COLLECTIVE ACTION CRIME DATA SETS DECOMPOSABLE INCOME INEQUALITY MEASURES DECOMPOSITION RESULTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC STUDIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL MODEL EXPLANATORY POWER EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FUNCTIONAL FORM GINI COEFFICIENT GROUP INEQUALITY HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNITIES HETEROSKEDASTICITY HIGH INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT OF INEQUALITY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCREASED INEQUALITY INEQUALITY INEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION INEQUALITY ESTIMATES INEQUALITY LEVELS INEQUALITY MEASURE INEQUALITY MEASUREMENT INEQUALITY MEASURES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL LEVELS LOCAL POVERTY MEAN CONSUMPTION MEAN INCOMES MEAN LOG DEVIATION NATIONAL LEVEL PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY OUTCOMES POLICY RESEARCH POOR POPULATION SHARE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY REDUCTION PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC WORKS REGRESSION ANALYSIS SOCIAL FUNDS TARGETED TRANSFERS TARGETING TRANSFER PROGRAMS WELFARE INDICATORS COMMUNITIES DATA SETS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE HEADCOUNT INDEX HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCOME INEQUALITY PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POVERTY PROGRAMS RURAL COMMUNITIES SELECTION BIAS URBAN AREAS WELFARE INDICATORS Elbers, Chris Lanjouw, Peter F. Mistiaen, Johan Özler, Berk Simler, Ken On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities |
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Africa Latin America & Caribbean |
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Important differences exist between
communities with respect to their needs, capacities, and
circumstances. As central governments are not able to
discern these differences fully, they seek to achieve their
policy objectives by relying on decentralized mechanisms
that use local information. However, household and
individual characteristics within communities can also vary
substantially. A growing theoretical literature suggests
that inequality within communities can influence policy
outcomes, and that this influence could be harmful or
helpful, depending on the circumstances. Empirical
investigations into the impact of inequality have, to date,
largely been held back by a lack of systematic evidence on
community-level inequality. The authors use household survey
and population census data to estimate per capita
consumption inequality within communities in three
developing countries: Ecuador, Madagascar, and Mozambique.
Communities are found to vary markedly from one another in
terms of the degree of inequality they exhibit. The authors
also show that there should be no presumption that
inequality is less severe in poor communities. They argue
that the kind of community-level inequality estimates
generated in this paper can be used in designing and
evaluating decentralized antipoverty programs. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Elbers, Chris Lanjouw, Peter F. Mistiaen, Johan Özler, Berk Simler, Ken |
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Elbers, Chris Lanjouw, Peter F. Mistiaen, Johan Özler, Berk Simler, Ken |
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Elbers, Chris |
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On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities |
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On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities |
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On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities |
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On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities |
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On the Unequal Inequality of Poor Communities |
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on the unequal inequality of poor communities |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/4976897/unequal-inequality-poor-communities-unequal-inequality-poor-communities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14016 |
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