The West and Central Africa Poverty Mapping Initiative

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 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.

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Main Authors: Coulombe, Harold, Wodon, Quentin
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-10
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
https://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.

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