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Estimating utility-consistent poverty in Madagascar, 2001-10

David Stifel, Tiaray Razafimanantena and Faly Rakotomanana

No wp-2015-143, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: We adapt the standardized Poverty Line Estimation Analytical Software-PLEASe computer code stream based on Arndt and Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to measuring consumption poverty in order to analyse poverty in Madagascar in 2001, 2005, and 2010. This paper documents how the utility-consistent approach to inter-temporal and spatial deflation differs from the approach undertaken by the national statistical office to produce the official poverty estimates and how the trends in these estimates differ substantially.

Keywords: Poverty; measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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