Noncomparable Poverty Comparisons

Poverty estimates based on enumeration from a single point in time form the basis for most country-level analysis of poverty. Cross-country comparisons of poverty, and global counts of the poor, implicitly assume that country-level poverty headcounts are comparable. This paper illustrates that the a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jolliffe, Dean, Serajuddin, Umar
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor and Francis 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29430