Official poverty thresholds are based on the implicit assumption that the household with poverty-level income possesses … individual approaches. I also propose a two-dimensional, time-income poverty measure that accounts for intrahousehold disparities … of the assumption and explored alternative methods to account for time deficits in the measurement of poverty. I …

is getting worse. In 2016, the poverty level increased compared to 2015 and came to 13.5% which is above the poverty …

In September 2016, real disposable income and real wage were 97.2% and 102.8%, respectively, compared to the same … years, real disposable income decreased by 8.7% while retail sales of food and non-food products fell even more – by 13 ….9%. Poverty rate in Q2 2016 was 13.5%, which is slightly below the level of the Q2 2015 – 14.0%. Growth in consumer prices in …

The quality of data on employment income is explored using Tanzanian and Zambian household survey datasets. The extent … of missing and implausible income data is assessed and four different methods are applied to impute missing or …