Global Poverty Estimates : A Sensitivity Analysis

Global Poverty Estimates : A Sensitivity Analysis
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Volume/Issue:
2011/234
Series:
IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Camelia Minoiu, and Shatakshee Dhongde
Publisher:
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Published Date:
October 2011
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781463922009.001
ISBN:
9781463922009
ISSN:
1018-5941
Page:
30
Current estimates of global poverty vary substantially across studies. In this paper we undertake a novel sensitivity analysis to highlight the importance of methodological choices in estimating global poverty. We measure global poverty using different data sources, parametric and nonparametric estimation methods, and multiple poverty lines. Our results indicate that estimates of global poverty vary significantly when they are based alternately on data from household surveys versus national accounts but are relatively consistent across different estimation methods. The decline in poverty over the past decade is found to be robust across methodological choices.
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Global Poverty Estimates

Author(s):
Camelia Minoiu, and Shatakshee Dhongde
Published Date:
October 2011
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