Small Area Estimation-Based Prediction Methods to Track Poverty : Validation and Applications

Tracking poverty is predicated on the availability of comparable consumption data and reliable price deflators. However, regular series of strictly comparable data are only rarely available. Price deflators are also often missing or disputed. In re...

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Main Authors:	Christiaensen, Luc, Lanjouw, Peter, Luoto, Jill, Stifel, David
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE TERMS ABSOLUTE VALUE ARREARS ASSET CLASS ASSET CLASSES ASSET HOLDINGS BANK POLICY CHANGES IN POVERTY CONSUMER DURABLES CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION MEASURE CONSUMPTION PRICE CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING COUNTRY LEVEL DECLINE IN POVERTY DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVALUATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DROP IN POVERTY DURABLES ECONOMIC GROWTH ERROR TERM ERROR TERMS ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MARKETS FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD ITEMS HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME ELASTICITY INCOME POVERTY INCOME SHOCKS INEQUALITY INFLATION INFLATION INDICES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LIVING STANDARDS MEASURING POVERTY MEAT MODEL SPECIFICATIONS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NUTRITIONAL STATUS PENSIONS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PHYSICAL ASSETS POINT ESTIMATES POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR AREA POOR AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY CHANGE POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY DEBATE POVERTY DECLINE POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEAD POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INCIDENCE ACROSS PROVINCES POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINES POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION QUALITY OF LIFE REDUCTION IN POVERTY REGIONAL LEVELS REGIONAL LOCATION REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE RETURNS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DISTRICTS RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL VILLAGES SMALLHOLDER FARMERS STOCKS STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSITORY INCOME URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY VEGETABLES WELFARE INDICATOR WELFARE INDICATORS WELFARE MEASURE WELFARE MONITORING
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