Assessing Deprivation with an Ordinal Variable : Theory and Application to Sanitation Deprivation in Bangladesh

Assessing Deprivation with an Ordinal Variable : Theory and Application to Sanitation Deprivation in Bangladesh

The challenges associated with poverty measurement with a cardinal variable have received due attention during the last four decades, but there is a dearth of literature studying how to meaningfully assess poverty with an ordinal variable. This pap...

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Main Authors: Seth, Suman, Yalonetzky, Gaston
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
TARGETING
DEPRIVATION
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
SANITATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/981381579787028749/Assessing-Deprivation-with-an-Ordinal-Variable-Theory-and-Application-to-Sanitation-Deprivation-in-Bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33234

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/981381579787028749/Assessing-Deprivation-with-an-Ordinal-Variable-Theory-and-Application-to-Sanitation-Deprivation-in-Bangladesh
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33234

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