Measuring Poverty in West Bank and Gaza : Methodology Review Using PECS 2016
The Palestinian expenditure and consumption survey (PECS) is a multi-purpose survey (on household budget and living standards), based on which official poverty estimates are estimated for the Palestinian territories. The 2016 PECS was implemented f...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/114281534999299408/Measuring-Poverty-in-West-Bank-and-Gaza-Methodology-Review-Using-PECS-2016-Technical-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30526 |
| Summary: | The Palestinian expenditure and
consumption survey (PECS) is a multi-purpose survey (on
household budget and living standards), based on which
official poverty estimates are estimated for the Palestinian
territories. The 2016 PECS was implemented for a 12-month
period, starting in October 2016. The technical assistance
program had two main goals: (i) improving survey design and
reducing the time-gap from survey completion to the
availability of data for analysis; and (ii) to inform
internal discussions and debate on improving the poverty
measurement methodology, by taking advantage of newly
available data and improved measurement methods. This main
objective of this technical review is to consider several
different elements of the official poverty estimation
methodology with the aim of informing and improving poverty
measurement going forward; and to document the availability
and identification of new survey and consumer price index
(CPI) data that can be used to implement the improvements.
The note also explores the implications of alternate
adjustments to household size (per capita versus adult
equivalent) on poverty. The main recommendations focus on
key improvements needed for more accurate estimates of
welfare and distributional measures. The review also
highlights additional improvements that can be incorporated
and where appropriate, affirms the methodological decisions
adopted under current practice. This review is organized as
follows: section 1 gives introduction. Section 2 briefly
discusses the main methodological issues in poverty
measurement. Section 3 explains the construction of
different components of the welfare aggregate. Section 4
discusses the methodology for calculating poverty lines.
Section 5 examines the robustness of poverty estimates to
different methodological choices made; and section 6
concludes with recommendations. |
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