Noncomparable Poverty Comparisons

Poverty estimates based on enumeration from a single point in time form the basis for most country-level analysis of poverty. Cross-country comparisons of poverty, and global counts of the poor, implicitly assume that country-level poverty headcounts are comparable. This paper illustrates that the a...

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Main Authors:	Jolliffe, Dean, Serajuddin, Umar
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2018
Subjects:	POVERTY MEASUREMENT SEASONALITY REPEAT OBSERVATIONS GLOBAL POVERTY POVERTY RATE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29430

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spelling	okr-10986-294302021-05-25T10:54:34Z Noncomparable Poverty Comparisons Jolliffe, Dean Serajuddin, Umar POVERTY MEASUREMENT SEASONALITY REPEAT OBSERVATIONS GLOBAL POVERTY POVERTY RATE Poverty estimates based on enumeration from a single point in time form the basis for most country-level analysis of poverty. Cross-country comparisons of poverty, and global counts of the poor, implicitly assume that country-level poverty headcounts are comparable. This paper illustrates that the assumption of comparability is potentially invalid when households are interviewed multiple times throughout the year, as opposed to a single-visit interview. An example from Jordan illustrates how the internationally comparable approach of handling data from repeat visits yields a poverty rate that is 26 per cent greater than the rate that is currently reported as the official estimate. 2018-03-07T20:02:48Z 2018-03-07T20:02:48Z 2017-01-23 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29430 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Jordan
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description	Poverty estimates based on enumeration from a single point in time form the basis for most country-level analysis of poverty. Cross-country comparisons of poverty, and global counts of the poor, implicitly assume that country-level poverty headcounts are comparable. This paper illustrates that the assumption of comparability is potentially invalid when households are interviewed multiple times throughout the year, as opposed to a single-visit interview. An example from Jordan illustrates how the internationally comparable approach of handling data from repeat visits yields a poverty rate that is 26 per cent greater than the rate that is currently reported as the official estimate.
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author	Jolliffe, Dean Serajuddin, Umar
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title	Noncomparable Poverty Comparisons
title_short	Noncomparable Poverty Comparisons
title_full	Noncomparable Poverty Comparisons
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title_full_unstemmed	Noncomparable Poverty Comparisons
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publisher	Taylor and Francis
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