Poverty Goals

Juan Carlos Chavez - Martin del Campo ()
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Juan Carlos Chavez - Martin del Campo: Universidad de Guanajuato

EconoQuantum, Revista de Economia y Finanzas, 2008, vol. 4, issue 2, 27-34

Abstract: We develop a methodology to estimate the required time and the minimum necessary growth rate to meet a poverty goal for a series of counterfactual income distributions and growth scenarios. The methodology can be applied to most poverty measures and is illustrated with data from Madagascar.

Keywords: Poverty goals; poverty measurement; economic growth; Millenium Development Goals; Madagascar (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 I32 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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