Should Consumption Sub-Aggregates Be Used to Measure Poverty?
Frequent measurement of poverty is challenging, as measurement often relies on complex and expensive expenditure surveys that try to measure expenditures on a comprehensive consumption aggregate. This paper investigates the use of consumption...
Main Authors: | Christiaensen, Luc, Ligon, Ethan, Pave Sohnesen, Thomas |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/931591593607254270/Should-Consumption-Sub-Aggregates-Be-Used-to-Measure-Poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34027 |
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