area poverty maps as tools of economic development and helps add to our array of tools for dealing with the political … economy issues of poverty. It represents a major contribution to a little understood aspect of the well-known adage "location …, location, location," demonstrating that the conceptualization of poverty at the local level represents an important step in our …

information. Data on poverty at the local level is typically not available because most household surveys are not representative … past the regional level. This volume aims to promote the effective use of Small Area Estimation poverty maps in policy … making. It presents the range of policies and interventions which have been informed by poverty maps, focusing on the …