How Useful Is CPI Price Data for Spatial Price Adjustment in Poverty Measurement? A Case from Ghana

How Useful Is CPI Price Data for Spatial Price Adjustment in Poverty Measurement? A Case from Ghana

Measuring and comparing the levels of household welfare and poverty in a country require cost-of-living differences across regions to be properly adjusted. In measuring the spatial cost of living, the recent literature underscores the importance of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chen, Xiaomeng, Mungai, Rose, Nakamura, Shohei, Pearson, Thomas, Wambile, Ayago Esmubancha, Yoshida, Nobuo
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
PRICE INDICES
PRICE INDEX
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
PURCHASING POWER PARITY
HOUSING
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
SPATIAL PRICE ADJUSTMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/851571599590950719/How-Useful-is-CPI-Price-Data-for-Spatial-Price-Adjustment-in-Poverty-Measurement-A-Case-from-Ghana
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34474

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/851571599590950719/How-Useful-is-CPI-Price-Data-for-Spatial-Price-Adjustment-in-Poverty-Measurement-A-Case-from-Ghana
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34474

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