Scaling up local perceptions of poverty to country level: A proof of concept for rural Honduras

This work is about bringing together different perceptions of poverty to improve the design of poverty alleviation policies. A case study in Honduras shows how locally derived poverty indicators, developed from village-level participatory appraisals of perceptions of poverty, can be extrapolated to country level using raw census data. The "well-being index," an average of several indicators, is robust and reflects actual local perceptions with 90% accuracy at village level. Because the index includes information that corresponds to the real-life situation of the poor, I suggest that policymakers consider building and using such bottom-up indicators. This implies a shift from economic to critical thinking that would lead to policies that are more easily adopted and monitored locally.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Leclerc, Grégoire
Format:	article biblioteca
Language:	eng
Subjects:	E50 - Sociologie rurale, E14 - Économie et politique du développement, E10 - Économie et politique agricoles, pauvreté, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6151, http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3651,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/555631/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/555631/1/document_555631.pdf
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