Knowledge Externalities from Poverty Mapping in the European Union

Knowledge Externalities from Poverty Mapping in the European Union

The Poverty Mapping in the European Union (EU) project, an initiative of the World Bank and European Commission (EC) in cooperation with EU member states, has developed a set of high-resolution poverty maps by using information from recent national population censuses and household income...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
POVERTY MAPPING
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
TARGETING TECHNIQUES
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23905
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spelling okr-10986-239052021-04-23T14:04:18Z Knowledge Externalities from Poverty Mapping in the European Union World Bank Group POVERTY MAPPING SOCIAL PROGRAMS TARGETING TECHNIQUES The Poverty Mapping in the European Union (EU) project, an initiative of the World Bank and European Commission (EC) in cooperation with EU member states, has developed a set of high-resolution poverty maps by using information from recent national population censuses and household income surveys to estimate the rates of monetary poverty for small geographic areas in EU member states. This disaggregated information can help guide allocations of EU funds to the areas in highest need as well as inform decision making and policies at the national and sub -national levels in each of the EU member states. This brief outlines several of the key knowledge externalities gained in the context of this project that have improved the World Bank’s approach to poverty mapping, including methodological innovations in small area poverty estimation and enhancements to the publicly available poverty mapping software PovMap. 2016-03-09T21:00:09Z 2016-03-09T21:00:09Z 2016-03 Brief http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23905 English en_US Poverty in Europe Knowledge Brief; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief European Union
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SOCIAL PROGRAMS
TARGETING TECHNIQUES
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SOCIAL PROGRAMS
TARGETING TECHNIQUES
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Knowledge Externalities from Poverty Mapping in the European Union
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description The Poverty Mapping in the European Union (EU) project, an initiative of the World Bank and European Commission (EC) in cooperation with EU member states, has developed a set of high-resolution poverty maps by using information from recent national population censuses and household income surveys to estimate the rates of monetary poverty for small geographic areas in EU member states. This disaggregated information can help guide allocations of EU funds to the areas in highest need as well as inform decision making and policies at the national and sub -national levels in each of the EU member states. This brief outlines several of the key knowledge externalities gained in the context of this project that have improved the World Bank’s approach to poverty mapping, including methodological innovations in small area poverty estimation and enhancements to the publicly available poverty mapping software PovMap.
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author World Bank Group
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title Knowledge Externalities from Poverty Mapping in the European Union
title_short Knowledge Externalities from Poverty Mapping in the European Union
title_full Knowledge Externalities from Poverty Mapping in the European Union
title_fullStr Knowledge Externalities from Poverty Mapping in the European Union
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge Externalities from Poverty Mapping in the European Union
title_sort knowledge externalities from poverty mapping in the european union
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23905
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