This module illustrates how to define “relative” poverty lines, i.e. poverty lines based on approaches that consider … households belonging to the same community. In particular, the module, after emphasizing the importance of the relative poverty … concept in policy work, discusses two methods to define relative poverty lines: a) the “income levels” method; and b) the …

This module illustrates how to define “absolute” poverty lines, i.e poverty lines based on approaches that consider the …

This module illustrates how poverty can be defined in the context of policy impact analysis. After reporting and … discussing the definition of poverty as “the lack of, or the inability to achieve, a socially acceptable standard of living”, it … discusses the mono-dimensional and multi-dimensional approaches to the definition of poverty. Furthermore, the module focuses on …

This module describes two of the most commonly used poverty measures in applied policy works, i.e., the headcount ratio … (HR) and the poverty gap (PG) ratio. These are basic poverty indicators used to investigate impacts of public policies on … poverty. After providing a conceptual background to HR and PG, this module describes step-by-step procedures and provides …