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Policy Research Working Paper Series, Aug 31, 1994
Research Working Pr Serics dissemines the f dings of wok in progrnss to enurage te exchrnge of rs... more Research Working Pr Serics dissemines the f dings of wok in progrnss to enurage te exchrnge of rs about deuelopmezt rssus An objective of thcesenes is to get the findings osrtqucHy, ercn if the presentations ar ca ksstn fully polisbcdL Tbc papers carry te rncs of thc authors and sboul be uscd and circ<ecw"rdingly. The rfdngs, interprCataions. and cunclusions ar rbc ar tbors' oum and should not be artribiaedl to the Vrorld Bangk its Executivc Board ofDirctrors, or any of its membecr couJntrics.
Mpra Paper, 2002
This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to re... more This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and make appropriate policy decisions and for the technical experts in charge of the analysis. The chapter takes a broad look at tools for analysis and provides a brief introduction to each topic. It also outlines why certain information is essential in policymaking and how this information can be generated. This unpublished version of the paper in Russian was translated from an English version published in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook.
Mpra Paper, 2002
This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to re... more This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and make appropriate policy decisions and for the technical experts in charge of the analysis. The chapter takes a broad look at tools for analysis and provides a brief introduction to each topic. It also outlines why certain information is essential in policymaking and how this information can be generated. This unpublished version of the paper in Spanish was translated from an English version published in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook.
Mpra Paper, 2002
This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to re... more This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and make appropriate policy decisions and for the technical experts in charge of the analysis. The chapter takes a broad look at tools for analysis and provides a brief introduction to each topic. It also outlines why certain information is essential in policymaking and how this information can be generated. This unpublished version of the paper in French was translated from an English version published in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook.
Policy Research Working Papers, 1999
Types of Data and Methods often fail to makeacear of C 11 *irgThem distinction oetween methods or... more Types of Data and Methods often fail to makeacear of C 11 *irgThem distinction oetween methods or tollecilng 1 nem of data collection used and types of data generared
Using disaggregated poverty maps to plan sectoral investments By combining survey and census data... more Using disaggregated poverty maps to plan sectoral investments By combining survey and census data to create poverty maps that show where needs are greatest, policymakers can focus scarce development rescources. Apovertymap isa geographical profile that Basic needs poverty maps shows where poverty is concentrated in a Census data generally do not include country, and thus where policies might income or expenditure information have the greatest effect on poverty Many because collecting such data for an entire developing country policymakers use countrywould be too expensive. Thus po1-A poverty map is poverty maps when planning public invest-icymakers have sought alternative welfare ments in education, health, sanitation, indicators on which to base their poverty most useful if it water, transport, and other sectors. Social maps. In Latin America, aswell as in Africa funds or education and health ministries and Asia, poverty maps used to rank
Studies in International Economics and Institutions, 1992
The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the abs... more The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
World Bank Technical Papers, 2000
This paper provides an introduction to the concept of, and tools used in City Poverty Assessments... more This paper provides an introduction to the concept of, and tools used in City Poverty Assessments. There is no standard content to such assessments; rather, they need to be adapted to the specific needs of the city involved. Several aspects of urban poverty touched on in this paper will be irrelevant to certain circumstances, while others not mentioned here will be crucial. The thrust of City Poverty Assessments is to provide city policymakers with good and thorough information about the situation of the city's poor, the key determinants of poverty, the functioning of city anti-poverty programs, the distribution of city finances, and the link between poverty and city growth. Many of the tools used when developing City Poverty Assessments are valuable planning tools in and of themselves, such as poverty maps, institutional maps, tracking of the incidence of taxes and expenditures, and rapid service satisfaction surveys. Further, the very process of preparing a City Poverty Assessment which includes collecting information, analyzing it, and discussing it with all relevant actors, including the poor will be of major importance in forming new and more effective partnerships for city poverty reduction.
Social Science & Medicine, 2003
Public and private investments in education and Neighbors infrastructure (such as water and sanit... more Public and private investments in education and Neighbors infrastructure (such as water and sanitation infrastructure) Externalities in the Production for one household carry over to neighboring households.
Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 1992
Journal of Development Studies, 1999
... 1818 H-Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433. The author would like to thank Jo Beall, David Booth... more ... 1818 H-Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433. The author would like to thank Jo Beall, David Booth, Julia Bucknall, Soniya Carvalho, Paul Francis, Valerie Kozel, Peter Lanjouw, Deepa Narayan, Andrew Norton and Michael Walton for very helpful comments. ...
Intereconomics, 1988
If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Comm... more If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence.
Habitat International, 2005
Many developing countries assign local governments increasing responsibilities in fighting povert... more Many developing countries assign local governments increasing responsibilities in fighting poverty. This requires local social policy to go beyond the execution of centrally designed and funded education and health programs. Hence, local governments and their partners have both an opportunity and a need to analyze key local bottlenecks for poverty reduction and social development. Drawing on an example from Cali, Colombia, this paper describes a tool for such policy formulation at the local level, a rapid city household survey. Although the survey uses pre-coded and closed-ended questions, it is contextual in the sense that it is tailor-made to social and economic conditions in Cali. The survey places particular emphasis on collecting key quantitative information, such as household welfare and service access, as well as qualitative information, such as service evaluations and population priorities. Combining the quantitative and qualitative data allows, for example, the mapping of population budget priorities or service satisfaction levels by welfare group. Rapid city household surveys could provide an important tool for the development of local social policies.
Policy Research Working Papers, 2012
Los mapas de pobreza, que proporcionan información sobre la distribución espacial de los niveles ... more Los mapas de pobreza, que proporcionan información sobre la distribución espacial de los niveles de vida, son una herramienta importante para la formulación de políticas y la investigación económica. Estos mapas pueden ser utilizados por los encargados de la formulación de políticas para orientar la asignación de transferencias y servir de base para el diseño de las políticas. También pueden proporcionar los medios necesarios para investigar la relación entre el crecimiento y otras variables económicas, ambientales, sociales, y la distribución en un país determinado. Un obstáculo importante para la elaboración de los mapas de pobreza ha sido que, normalmente, sólo pueden obtenerse datos confiables sobre el ingreso o el consumo mediante encuestas con muestras relativamente pequeñas. Los datos censales tienen la cobertura ABSTRACT Poverty maps, providing information on the spatial distribution of living standards, are an important tool for policy making and economic research. Such maps can be used by policymakers to guide the allocation of transfers and to inform policy design. They can also provide the means to investigate the relationship between growth and other economic, environmental or social outcomes, and distribution within a country. A major impediment to the development of poverty maps has been that the necessary credible income or consumption data are typically available only from relatively small surveys. Census data have the required size, but not generally the required information. We demonstrate for the case of Ecuador how sample survey data can be combined with census data to yield predicted poverty rates over the population covered by the census. These poverty rates are found to be rather precisely measured, even at fairly disaggregated levels. However, beyond a certain leve1 of spatial disaggregation the standard errors rise rapidly .
This paper is concerned with the derivation of a welfare indicator for households from consumptio... more This paper is concerned with the derivation of a welfare indicator for households from consumption data. It examines, illustrating with reference to data for ecuador, several of the steps involved in contructing consumption aggregates and highlights some of the principles which should guide the analysis.
... The understatement of total food consumption among households with some missing information c... more ... The understatement of total food consumption among households with some missing information could have a larger impact on the ultimate ranking of individuals in terms of final consumption than would be the case under the &quot;averaging&quot; exercise described above. ...
Policy Research Working Papers, 2004
Using panel data for Perú for the period 1994-2000, we find that when households receive two or m... more Using panel data for Perú for the period 1994-2000, we find that when households receive two or more services jointly, the welfare increases of the household, as measured by changes in consumption, are larger than when services are provided separately of each other. Such increase appears to be more than proportional, as F-tests confirm on the coefficients of the corresponding regressors confirm. Thus, we find that bundling of services may help realize welfare effects.
Policy Research Working Paper Series, Aug 31, 1994
Research Working Pr Serics dissemines the f dings of wok in progrnss to enurage te exchrnge of rs... more Research Working Pr Serics dissemines the f dings of wok in progrnss to enurage te exchrnge of rs about deuelopmezt rssus An objective of thcesenes is to get the findings osrtqucHy, ercn if the presentations ar ca ksstn fully polisbcdL Tbc papers carry te rncs of thc authors and sboul be uscd and circ<ecw"rdingly. The rfdngs, interprCataions. and cunclusions ar rbc ar tbors' oum and should not be artribiaedl to the Vrorld Bangk its Executivc Board ofDirctrors, or any of its membecr couJntrics.
Mpra Paper, 2002
This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to re... more This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and make appropriate policy decisions and for the technical experts in charge of the analysis. The chapter takes a broad look at tools for analysis and provides a brief introduction to each topic. It also outlines why certain information is essential in policymaking and how this information can be generated. This unpublished version of the paper in Russian was translated from an English version published in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook.
Mpra Paper, 2002
This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to re... more This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and make appropriate policy decisions and for the technical experts in charge of the analysis. The chapter takes a broad look at tools for analysis and provides a brief introduction to each topic. It also outlines why certain information is essential in policymaking and how this information can be generated. This unpublished version of the paper in Spanish was translated from an English version published in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook.
Mpra Paper, 2002
This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to re... more This chapter offers a primer on poverty, inequality, and vulnerability analysis and a guide to resources on this topic. It is written for decision makers who want to define the type of information they need to monitor poverty reduction and make appropriate policy decisions and for the technical experts in charge of the analysis. The chapter takes a broad look at tools for analysis and provides a brief introduction to each topic. It also outlines why certain information is essential in policymaking and how this information can be generated. This unpublished version of the paper in French was translated from an English version published in the World Bank's Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook.
Policy Research Working Papers, 1999
Types of Data and Methods often fail to makeacear of C 11 *irgThem distinction oetween methods or... more Types of Data and Methods often fail to makeacear of C 11 *irgThem distinction oetween methods or tollecilng 1 nem of data collection used and types of data generared
Using disaggregated poverty maps to plan sectoral investments By combining survey and census data... more Using disaggregated poverty maps to plan sectoral investments By combining survey and census data to create poverty maps that show where needs are greatest, policymakers can focus scarce development rescources. Apovertymap isa geographical profile that Basic needs poverty maps shows where poverty is concentrated in a Census data generally do not include country, and thus where policies might income or expenditure information have the greatest effect on poverty Many because collecting such data for an entire developing country policymakers use countrywould be too expensive. Thus po1-A poverty map is poverty maps when planning public invest-icymakers have sought alternative welfare ments in education, health, sanitation, indicators on which to base their poverty most useful if it water, transport, and other sectors. Social maps. In Latin America, aswell as in Africa funds or education and health ministries and Asia, poverty maps used to rank
Studies in International Economics and Institutions, 1992
The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the abs... more The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
World Bank Technical Papers, 2000
This paper provides an introduction to the concept of, and tools used in City Poverty Assessments... more This paper provides an introduction to the concept of, and tools used in City Poverty Assessments. There is no standard content to such assessments; rather, they need to be adapted to the specific needs of the city involved. Several aspects of urban poverty touched on in this paper will be irrelevant to certain circumstances, while others not mentioned here will be crucial. The thrust of City Poverty Assessments is to provide city policymakers with good and thorough information about the situation of the city's poor, the key determinants of poverty, the functioning of city anti-poverty programs, the distribution of city finances, and the link between poverty and city growth. Many of the tools used when developing City Poverty Assessments are valuable planning tools in and of themselves, such as poverty maps, institutional maps, tracking of the incidence of taxes and expenditures, and rapid service satisfaction surveys. Further, the very process of preparing a City Poverty Assessment which includes collecting information, analyzing it, and discussing it with all relevant actors, including the poor will be of major importance in forming new and more effective partnerships for city poverty reduction.
Social Science & Medicine, 2003
Public and private investments in education and Neighbors infrastructure (such as water and sanit... more Public and private investments in education and Neighbors infrastructure (such as water and sanitation infrastructure) Externalities in the Production for one household carry over to neighboring households.
Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 1992
Journal of Development Studies, 1999
... 1818 H-Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433. The author would like to thank Jo Beall, David Booth... more ... 1818 H-Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433. The author would like to thank Jo Beall, David Booth, Julia Bucknall, Soniya Carvalho, Paul Francis, Valerie Kozel, Peter Lanjouw, Deepa Narayan, Andrew Norton and Michael Walton for very helpful comments. ...
Intereconomics, 1988
If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Comm... more If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence.
Habitat International, 2005
Many developing countries assign local governments increasing responsibilities in fighting povert... more Many developing countries assign local governments increasing responsibilities in fighting poverty. This requires local social policy to go beyond the execution of centrally designed and funded education and health programs. Hence, local governments and their partners have both an opportunity and a need to analyze key local bottlenecks for poverty reduction and social development. Drawing on an example from Cali, Colombia, this paper describes a tool for such policy formulation at the local level, a rapid city household survey. Although the survey uses pre-coded and closed-ended questions, it is contextual in the sense that it is tailor-made to social and economic conditions in Cali. The survey places particular emphasis on collecting key quantitative information, such as household welfare and service access, as well as qualitative information, such as service evaluations and population priorities. Combining the quantitative and qualitative data allows, for example, the mapping of population budget priorities or service satisfaction levels by welfare group. Rapid city household surveys could provide an important tool for the development of local social policies.
Policy Research Working Papers, 2012
Los mapas de pobreza, que proporcionan información sobre la distribución espacial de los niveles ... more Los mapas de pobreza, que proporcionan información sobre la distribución espacial de los niveles de vida, son una herramienta importante para la formulación de políticas y la investigación económica. Estos mapas pueden ser utilizados por los encargados de la formulación de políticas para orientar la asignación de transferencias y servir de base para el diseño de las políticas. También pueden proporcionar los medios necesarios para investigar la relación entre el crecimiento y otras variables económicas, ambientales, sociales, y la distribución en un país determinado. Un obstáculo importante para la elaboración de los mapas de pobreza ha sido que, normalmente, sólo pueden obtenerse datos confiables sobre el ingreso o el consumo mediante encuestas con muestras relativamente pequeñas. Los datos censales tienen la cobertura ABSTRACT Poverty maps, providing information on the spatial distribution of living standards, are an important tool for policy making and economic research. Such maps can be used by policymakers to guide the allocation of transfers and to inform policy design. They can also provide the means to investigate the relationship between growth and other economic, environmental or social outcomes, and distribution within a country. A major impediment to the development of poverty maps has been that the necessary credible income or consumption data are typically available only from relatively small surveys. Census data have the required size, but not generally the required information. We demonstrate for the case of Ecuador how sample survey data can be combined with census data to yield predicted poverty rates over the population covered by the census. These poverty rates are found to be rather precisely measured, even at fairly disaggregated levels. However, beyond a certain leve1 of spatial disaggregation the standard errors rise rapidly .
This paper is concerned with the derivation of a welfare indicator for households from consumptio... more This paper is concerned with the derivation of a welfare indicator for households from consumption data. It examines, illustrating with reference to data for ecuador, several of the steps involved in contructing consumption aggregates and highlights some of the principles which should guide the analysis.
... The understatement of total food consumption among households with some missing information c... more ... The understatement of total food consumption among households with some missing information could have a larger impact on the ultimate ranking of individuals in terms of final consumption than would be the case under the &quot;averaging&quot; exercise described above. ...
Policy Research Working Papers, 2004
Using panel data for Perú for the period 1994-2000, we find that when households receive two or m... more Using panel data for Perú for the period 1994-2000, we find that when households receive two or more services jointly, the welfare increases of the household, as measured by changes in consumption, are larger than when services are provided separately of each other. Such increase appears to be more than proportional, as F-tests confirm on the coefficients of the corresponding regressors confirm. Thus, we find that bundling of services may help realize welfare effects.