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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Main Authors:	Al-Salehi, Jawad, Twam, Feda, Atamanov, Aziz, Palaniswamy, Nethra
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	POVERTY MEASUREMENT WELFARE MEASURES POVERTY LINE
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

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spelling	okr-10986-305262021-09-17T05:10:55Z Measuring Poverty in West Bank and Gaza : Methodology Review Using PECS 2016 Al-Salehi, Jawad Twam, Feda Atamanov, Aziz Palaniswamy, Nethra POVERTY MEASUREMENT WELFARE MEASURES POVERTY LINE 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. 2018-10-09T16:17:32Z 2018-10-09T16:17:32Z 2018-07 Report 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 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Poverty Study Economic & Sector Work Middle East and North Africa West Bank and Gaza
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spellingShingle	POVERTY MEASUREMENT WELFARE MEASURES POVERTY LINE Al-Salehi, Jawad Twam, Feda Atamanov, Aziz Palaniswamy, Nethra Measuring Poverty in West Bank and Gaza : Methodology Review Using PECS 2016
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description	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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author	Al-Salehi, Jawad Twam, Feda Atamanov, Aziz Palaniswamy, Nethra
author_facet	Al-Salehi, Jawad Twam, Feda Atamanov, Aziz Palaniswamy, Nethra
author_sort	Al-Salehi, Jawad
title	Measuring Poverty in West Bank and Gaza : Methodology Review Using PECS 2016
title_short	Measuring Poverty in West Bank and Gaza : Methodology Review Using PECS 2016
title_full	Measuring Poverty in West Bank and Gaza : Methodology Review Using PECS 2016
title_fullStr	Measuring Poverty in West Bank and Gaza : Methodology Review Using PECS 2016
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring Poverty in West Bank and Gaza : Methodology Review Using PECS 2016
title_sort	measuring poverty in west bank and gaza : methodology review using pecs 2016
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	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
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Measuring Poverty in West Bank and Gaza : Methodology Review Using PECS 2016

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