Accurate poverty measurement relies on household consumption data, but such data are often inadequate, outdated or … to produce estimates for several poverty indicators including headcount poverty, extreme poverty, poverty gap, near-poverty … between surveys is associated with a lower probability of predicting some poverty indicators, and that a better imputation …

This paper applies an innovative method to estimate poverty in India in the absence of recent expenditure data. The … goods expenditure conducted in 2014-15. At the USD 1.90 per day international poverty line, the preferred model predicts a … 2014-15 head-count poverty rate of 10 percent in urban areas and 16.4 percent in rural areas, implying a poverty rate of 14 …

Poverty maps are a useful tool for the targeting of social programs on areas with high concentrations of poverty …. However, a static focus on poverty ignores the temporal dimension of poverty. Thus, current nonpoor households still face … substantial welfare volatility and are at risk of becoming poor in the face of shocks. We combine the methods of poverty mapping …

This paper examines the impact of the recent recession in Belarus on poverty and broader measures of household welfare … vulnerability to poverty, based on an estimated probability of falling below the national poverty threshold not exceeding 10 percent … recession did not result in a substantial increase in absolute poverty by the official definition, it led to a considerable …

This paper exploits a novel municipal-level data set to explore patterns of convergence in income and poverty in Mexico … during 1992-2014. The paper finds that, despite a context of overall stagnant economic growth and poverty reduction, there is … evidence of income and poverty convergence at the municipal level. The findings suggest that these convergence processes stem …

Colombia has reduced extreme poverty in the past 16 years by almost half, moderate poverty by 22 percentage points, and … made more than four million Colombians jump the threshold of multidimensional poverty. However, it remains one of the most … speed up the decline in inequality levels and reduce poverty. This study presents an exhaustive and comprehensive analysis …

important policy research issue globally. This paper exploits a novel dataset of 20 years of municipal poverty maps and local … monetary poverty. These results provide important lessons for policy on the effects of earmarked funds to reduce territorial … poverty and inequality in terms of incentives to design formulas to distribute earmarked fiscal resources to subnational …

, poverty is estimated to increase by about 2.9 percentage points, with the direct impact accounting for a third of this … the poorest bottom 50 percent of the population and reduce poverty to below pre-reform levels. The annual cost of the …

North Africa region used to measure monetary poverty and evaluates ways to fill these information gaps. Despite improving … of other second-best strategies can be employed. Using imputation methods can help to measure monetary poverty …. Constructing non-monetary poverty and asset indexes from less robust surveys, using non-traditional surveys such as phone surveys …