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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spelling	okr-10986-95522021-04-23T14:02:46Z The West and Central Africa Poverty Mapping Initiative Wodon, Quentin Coulombe, Harold 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 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. 2012-08-13T08:56:20Z 2012-08-13T08:56:20Z 2007-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8609875/west-central-africa-poverty-mappting-initiative http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9552 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 280 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Ghana
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topic	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
spellingShingle	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 Wodon, Quentin Coulombe, Harold The West and Central Africa Poverty Mapping Initiative
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description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Wodon, Quentin Coulombe, Harold
author_facet	Wodon, Quentin Coulombe, Harold
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title	The West and Central Africa Poverty Mapping Initiative
title_short	The West and Central Africa Poverty Mapping Initiative
title_full	The West and Central Africa Poverty Mapping Initiative
title_fullStr	The West and Central Africa Poverty Mapping Initiative
title_full_unstemmed	The West and Central Africa Poverty Mapping Initiative
title_sort	west and central africa poverty mapping initiative
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	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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