This paper presents a unified analytical framework to organize and review the literature on consumption-based poverty measurement, with a focus on establishing absolute poverty lines. Based on this framework, the paper identifies several gaps in the existing literature and areas where applied poverty analysts would benefit from sharper recommendations. Based on these considerations, the paper proposes some critical topics for further research.
Authors
- Citation
- “ Amendola, Nicola ; Mancini, Giulia ; Vecchi, Giovanni . 2024 . Setting Poverty Lines for Consumption-Based Welfare Measures: A Research Agenda . Policy Research Working Paper; 10813 . © Washington, DC: World Bank . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41769 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO . ”
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- Policy Research Working Papers
- DOI
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10813
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- 34348048
- Identifier internaldocumentum
- 34348048
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- United States of America
- RelationisPartofseries
- Policy Research Working Paper; 10813
- Report
- WPS10813
- Rights
- CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Rights Holder
- World Bank
- Rights URI
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
- UNIT
- EFI-Poverty and Equity-GE (EPVGE)
- URI
- https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41769
- date disclosure
- 2024-06-24
- region geographical
- World
- theme
- Inclusive Growth,Mitigation,Gender,Human Development and Gender,Data Development and Capacity Building,Economic Policy,Rural Development,Social Development and Protection,Economic Growth and Planning,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Disease Control,Pandemic Response,Fragility, Conflict and Violence,Public Sector Management,Climate change,Urban and Rural Development,Adaptation,Geospatial Services,Data production, accessibility and use
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Table of Contents
- Abstract 3
- 1 Introduction 4
- 2 A unified analytical framework 6
- Figure 1: poverty and utility 7
- 3 Review of the literature 10
- 3.1 Measuring consumption expenditure 11
- 3.2 Referencing 12
- 3.3 Identification 12
- 3.4 Price adjustments 15
- 3.5 Multiple poverty lines 16
- 4 Research agenda 17
- 4.1 Economic foundations of poverty measurement: A unified framework 17
- 4.2 Comparing single and multiple poverty lines: Theory and practice 18
- 4.3 The consequences of imperfect and inconsistent coverage of consumption expenditures, price deflators and poverty lines 18
- 4.4 Engel curve-based poverty lines: Theory and practice 19
- 4.5 Price adjustments for poverty measurement 20
- 4.6 Consistency and specificity in poverty measurement 20
- 4.7 How sensitive are poverty estimates to poverty measurement methods? 20
- 4.8 Equivalence scales and poverty measurement 21
- References 23
