Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources

The rise of poverty in Indonesia since the monetary crisis of 1997 has been of major concern to the Indonesian government, international agencies and scholars. In this paper the writer aim to identify the various dimensions of poverty and to discuss the problem of identifying the poor. The paper pro...

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Main Author:	Gerke, Solvay
Format:	Article
Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2002
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4208/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4208/

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spelling	ukm-42082012-04-05T07:30:28Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4208/ Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources Gerke, Solvay The rise of poverty in Indonesia since the monetary crisis of 1997 has been of major concern to the Indonesian government, international agencies and scholars. In this paper the writer aim to identify the various dimensions of poverty and to discuss the problem of identifying the poor. The paper provides information on the main data sources in Indonesia and outlines how poverty is measured on the national and local level. In conclusion different data sets and poverty measures are compared and evaluated as to their reliability and usefulness. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2002-01 Article PeerReviewed Gerke, Solvay (2002) Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources. AKADEMIKA, 60 . ISSN 0126-5008 http://www.ukm.my/penerbit/jdem60-05.html
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description	The rise of poverty in Indonesia since the monetary crisis of 1997 has been of major concern to the Indonesian government, international agencies and scholars. In this paper the writer aim to identify the various dimensions of poverty and to discuss the problem of identifying the poor. The paper provides information on the main data sources in Indonesia and outlines how poverty is measured on the national and local level. In conclusion different data sets and poverty measures are compared and evaluated as to their reliability and usefulness.
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title	Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources
title_short	Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources
title_full	Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources
title_fullStr	Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources
title_full_unstemmed	Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources
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publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources

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