The West and Central Africa Poverty Mapping Initiative

There are often large regional differences in poverty and other social indicators within a country. But geographic poverty profiles based on household surveys tend to be limited to broad areas because survey sample sizes are too small to permit ana...

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Main Authors:	Wodon, Quentin, Coulombe, Harold
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DISABILITY DISTRICT LEVEL ESTIMATES OF POVERTY ESTIMATION OF POVERTY EXPLANATORY VARIABLES HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INEQUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS LACK OF CAPACITY LEARNING LIVING STANDARDS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY DECISIONS POORER AREAS POPULATION CENSUS POPULATION ESTIMATES POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION SUBGROUPS POVERTY DATA POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPPING INITIATIVE POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIMARY SCHOOL RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL INDICATORS SOCIAL SECTORS STANDARD ERRORS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TARGETING THE GAMBIA URBAN POVERTY VILLAGE LEVEL WELFARE INDICATOR WELFARE INDICATORS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8609875/west-central-africa-poverty-mappting-initiative http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9552

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Summary:	There are often large regional differences in poverty and other social indicators within a country. But geographic poverty profiles based on household surveys tend to be limited to broad areas because survey sample sizes are too small to permit analysts to construct valid estimates of poverty at the local level. This issue of Findings looks at another way to look at information by constructing poverty maps. Using a methodology developed by Elbers, Lanjouw, and Lanjouw (2003), detailed poverty maps can be obtained by combining census and survey data. This issue of Findings looks at how to construct such a map and how to build capacity for the analysis of the census data.

The West and Central Africa Poverty Mapping Initiative

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