Brazil within Brazil : Testing the Poverty Map Methodology in Minas Gerais

The small-area estimation technique developed for producing poverty maps has been applied in a large number of developing countries. Opportunities to formally test the validity of this approach remain rare due to lack of appropriately detailed data...

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Main Authors:	Elbers, Chris, Lanjouw, Peter, Leite, Phillippe George
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADULT POPULATION ANALYSIS OF POVERTY AUTOCORRELATION BOOTSTRAP CALCULATION CAPITA CONSUMPTION CENSUS ENUMERATION AREA CLUSTER CORRELATION CLUSTER-LEVEL EFFECTS COMMUNITY LEVEL CONFIDENCE INTERVALS CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CORRELATIONS COVARIANCE DATA COLLECTION DELTA METHOD DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH GROUP DISTRICT LEVEL DISTURBANCE TERM ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATIONAL VARIABLES ENUMERATION ESTIMATES OF POVERTY ESTIMATION OF POVERTY EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FIRST-STAGE PARAMETERS HETEROSCEDASTICITY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WEIGHTS HOUSEHOLD-LEVEL HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IDIOSYNCRATIC ERROR INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME DATA INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLDS INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES LABOUR FORCE LEVEL ESTIMATION OF WELFARE LEVEL OF AGGREGATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LITERACY RATES MATRIX MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY MIGRANTS MORTALITY NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS PARAMETER ESTIMATES PENSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION SIZE POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ESTIMATE POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURES PRECISION PREDICTION PREDICTIONS PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICE QUESTIONNAIRES RANDOM SAMPLING REGRESSORS RELIABILITY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RESEARCHERS RESPECT SAMPLE DESIGN SAMPLE SURVEYS SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS SANITATION SIGNIFICANCE LEVEL SIMULATION SIMULATION STAGE SIMULATIONS SMALL AREA ESTIMATION SMALL NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS SPATIAL CORRELATION SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF POVERTY STANDARD ERROR STANDARD ERRORS STATISTICAL PRECISION STATISTICAL SENSE STATISTICAL TERMS STATISTICAL TESTS SURVEY DATA TECHNIQUES TIME SERIES TIME SERIES ANALYSIS TV URBAN AREAS VALIDITY VARIANCE-COVARIANCE MATRIX WEIGHTING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9035947/brazil-within-brazil-testing-poverty-map-methodology-minas-gerais http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6575

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6575

Brazil within Brazil : Testing the Poverty Map Methodology in Minas Gerais

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