Using Disaggregated Poverty Maps to Plan Sectoral Investments

This poverty note analyzes the usefulness of poverty maps, and how they can be constructed using census and survey data, for the use and benefit of policy makers to focus scarce development resources. The note goes on to describe various kinds of p...

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Main Authors:	Hentschel, Jesko, Lanjouw, Peter
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	BASIC NEEDS BENEFICIARIES CENSUS DATA CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION ESTIMATES CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CROWDING DATA REQUIREMENTS DEPRESSED AREAS DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECOLOGY ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURE INFORMATION GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME LIVING STANDARDS LIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT PARAMETER ESTIMATES POLICY RESEARCH POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY GROUP POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPS POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SOCIAL MAPS SPATIAL DIMENSIONS SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY STANDARD ERRORS URBAN AREAS WASTE DISPOSAL BASIC NEEDS POVERTY POVERTY MITIGATION POVERTY MEASUREMENT SURVEY DATA CENSUS CONSUMPTION STATISTICS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/05/438764/using-disaggregated-poverty-maps-plan-sectoral-investments http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11544

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Summary:	This poverty note analyzes the usefulness of poverty maps, and how they can be constructed using census and survey data, for the use and benefit of policy makers to focus scarce development resources. The note goes on to describe various kinds of poverty maps, such as those based on indexes of welfare, basic needs indicators, and disaggregated consumption-based factors. Methodologies to create these maps, are further discussed at some length.

Using Disaggregated Poverty Maps to Plan Sectoral Investments

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