But … What is the Poverty Rate Today? : Testing Poverty Nowcasting Methods in Latin America and the Caribbean

But … What is the Poverty Rate Today? : Testing Poverty Nowcasting Methods in Latin America and the Caribbean

Poverty estimates usually lag behind two years, which makes it difficult to provide real-time poverty analysis to assess the impact of economic crisis and shocks among the less well-off, and subsequently limits policy responses. This paper takes ad...

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Main Authors: Caruso, German, Lucchetti, Leonardo, Malasquez, Eduardo, Scot, Thiago, Castaneda, R. Andres
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
POVERTY
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/898691497881586394/But-what-is-the-poverty-rate-today-testing-poverty-nowcasting-methods-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27304

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/898691497881586394/But-what-is-the-poverty-rate-today-testing-poverty-nowcasting-methods-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27304

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