From Noise to Signal : The Successful Turnaround of Poverty Measurement in Colombia

From Noise to Signal : The Successful Turnaround of Poverty Measurement in Colombia

In the mid-2000s, poverty measurement in Colombia was at a standstill. A dated poverty measurement methodology was clashing with improvements in the national household survey system. As a result, official poverty rates showed volatile trends, and a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Azevedo, João Pedro
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
COUNTERFACTUAL
DATA QUALITY
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMICS
HIGH INEQUALITY
HIGH POVERTY
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
INCOME
INCOME DATA
INEQUALITY MEASURES
LABOR MARKET
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINES
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POVERTY ESTIMATES
POVERTY INDEX
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
POVERTY SERIES
POVERTY STATISTICS
REDUCED POVERTY
REGIONAL AVERAGE
SOCIAL PROTECTION
TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17718507/noise-signal-successful-turnaround-poverty-measurement-colombia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16118
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Summary:In the mid-2000s, poverty measurement in Colombia was at a standstill. A dated poverty measurement methodology was clashing with improvements in the national household survey system. As a result, official poverty rates showed volatile trends, and a weak communication strategy produced an unconvincing storyline, which further resulted in the rapid deterioration of indicator credibility. This happened during a period of high and sustained growth that also included a number of poverty reduction interventions, such as the flagship program familias en accion and the unidos strategy. The public debate on poverty lost focus and moved from substantial policy discussions to technical measurement methods.

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