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- Title
Global Poverty: National Accounts Based versus Survey Based Estimates.
- Authors
Karshenas, Massoud
- Abstract
This article examines the dollar-a-day poverty estimates produced by the World Bank. It highlights the lack of consistency between average consumption and income in household surveys and national accounts data. After examining the likely sources of divergence between the two series, the author proposes a new method of estimation of poverty, based on calibrating the survey means by conditioning on national accounts aggregates. The new poverty estimates, which are consistent with national accounts data, are contrasted with the World Bank estimates. The implications of the findings for the debate on the relationship between poverty and economic growth are also briefly discussed.
- Subjects
POVERTY; CONSUMPTION (Economics); INCOME
- Publication
Development & Change, 2003, Vol 34, Issue 4, p683
- ISSN
0012-155X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-7660.00324