Author: Christiaan Grootaert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780821310670
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Measuring and Analyzing Levels of Living in Developing Countries
Author: Christiaan Grootaert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780821310670
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780821310670
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
MEASURING AND ANALYSING LEVELS OF LIVING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES - AN ANNOTATED QUESTIONNAIRE.
Author: World Bank
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Designing Household Survey Questionnaires for Developing Countries : Lessons from 15 Years of the Living Standards Measurement Study
Author: Margaret E. Grosh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Comprehensive and informative document on the design, implementation, and use of household surveys in developing countries.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Comprehensive and informative document on the design, implementation, and use of household surveys in developing countries.
Measuring Development
Author: Nancy Baster
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714629674
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Compilation of interdisciplinary research papers on the measurement of economic development, social change and modernization, with particular reference to the development of social indicators and economic indicators - comprises essays on theoretical problems and methodology (incl. Economic analysis, etc.). References.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714629674
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Compilation of interdisciplinary research papers on the measurement of economic development, social change and modernization, with particular reference to the development of social indicators and economic indicators - comprises essays on theoretical problems and methodology (incl. Economic analysis, etc.). References.
Measuring and Analyzing Levels of Living in Developing Countries
Author: Christiaan Grootaert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This paper contains the household and community questionnaires used in the Ivory Coast living standards survey. This survey is the first field operation of the Living Standards Measurement Study. The annotation to the household questionnaire describes the process by which the questionnaire was drafted, the main choices and trade-offs that underlie its content, and its main technical features. The outline and analytical purpose of each section of the questionnaire is discussed.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This paper contains the household and community questionnaires used in the Ivory Coast living standards survey. This survey is the first field operation of the Living Standards Measurement Study. The annotation to the household questionnaire describes the process by which the questionnaire was drafted, the main choices and trade-offs that underlie its content, and its main technical features. The outline and analytical purpose of each section of the questionnaire is discussed.
Living Standards Surveys in Developing Countries
Author: R. Chander
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cost and standard of living
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cost and standard of living
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Poverty Comparisons
Author: M. Ravallion
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136469214
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Poverty comparisons - such as whether poverty has increased, or where it is greatest, are typically clouded in conceptual and methodological uncertainties. How should individual well-being be assessed in deciding who is poor? Is a household survey a reliable guide? Where should the poverty line be drawn, and does the choice matter? This monograph surveys the issues that need to be considered in answering these questions, providing an accessible introduction to the most recent literature. The strengths and weaknesses of past methods are discussed, and a summary of methodological recommendations is given. A number of new analytical tools are described which can greatly facilitate poverty comparisons, recognising the uncertainties involved.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136469214
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Poverty comparisons - such as whether poverty has increased, or where it is greatest, are typically clouded in conceptual and methodological uncertainties. How should individual well-being be assessed in deciding who is poor? Is a household survey a reliable guide? Where should the poverty line be drawn, and does the choice matter? This monograph surveys the issues that need to be considered in answering these questions, providing an accessible introduction to the most recent literature. The strengths and weaknesses of past methods are discussed, and a summary of methodological recommendations is given. A number of new analytical tools are described which can greatly facilitate poverty comparisons, recognising the uncertainties involved.
Improving Data on Poverty in the Third World
Author: Paul Glewwe
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
This paper is an account of the World Bank's effort to collect household-level data on poverty in developing countries and what that data says about the effects of government policies on living conditions of the poor. The main objective of the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) surveys is to provide household-level data for evaluating the population's living conditions. This paper gives a history of LSMS and shows general trends that emerged in studies for which LSMS data are available: (a) most of the poor are in rural areas; (b) most of the poor are in households in which the head works in agriculture; and (c) the heads of poor households have low levels of education. Selected results of studies on the persistence of poverty, the effects on the poor, structural adjustment, food stamps and food subsidies, and raising user fees for health care and education are presented.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
This paper is an account of the World Bank's effort to collect household-level data on poverty in developing countries and what that data says about the effects of government policies on living conditions of the poor. The main objective of the Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) surveys is to provide household-level data for evaluating the population's living conditions. This paper gives a history of LSMS and shows general trends that emerged in studies for which LSMS data are available: (a) most of the poor are in rural areas; (b) most of the poor are in households in which the head works in agriculture; and (c) the heads of poor households have low levels of education. Selected results of studies on the persistence of poverty, the effects on the poor, structural adjustment, food stamps and food subsidies, and raising user fees for health care and education are presented.
Measuring Development: the Role and Adequacy of Development Indicators
Author: Nancy Baster
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131784548X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
First published in 1972. This issue is concerned with development (and development indicators) in a particular period of time and in a particular historical context—namely in the context of the changes that are taking place in the less-developed or low-income countries of the third world in the period since World War II.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131784548X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
First published in 1972. This issue is concerned with development (and development indicators) in a particular period of time and in a particular historical context—namely in the context of the changes that are taking place in the less-developed or low-income countries of the third world in the period since World War II.
Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing in Developing Countries
Author: Channing Arndt
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0198744803
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on household surveys, have been ongoing for more than three decades. The large majority of developing countries now regularly conduct a variety of household surveys, and the information base in developing countries with respect to poverty and wellbeing has improved dramatically. Nevertheless, appropriate measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes with respect to poverty reduction are high; (ii) the determinants of living standards are often volatile; and (iii) related information bases, while much improved, are often characterized by significant non-sample error. It also remains, to a surprisingly high degree, an activity undertaken by technical assistance personnel and consultants based in developed countries. This book seeks to enhance the transparency, replicability, and comparability of existing practice. In so doing, it also aims to significantly lower the barriers to entry to the conduct of rigorous poverty measurement and increase the participation of analysts from developing countries in their own poverty assessments. The book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute consumption poverty and a first order dominance approach to multidimensional welfare analysis. In each domain, it provides a series of flexible computer codes designed to facilitate analysis by allowing the analyst to start from a flexible and known base. The book volume covers the theoretical grounding for the code streams provided, a chapter on 'estimation in practice', a series of 11 case studies where the code streams are operationalized, as well as a synthesis, an extension to inequality, and a look forward.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0198744803
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Detailed analyses of poverty and wellbeing in developing countries, based on household surveys, have been ongoing for more than three decades. The large majority of developing countries now regularly conduct a variety of household surveys, and the information base in developing countries with respect to poverty and wellbeing has improved dramatically. Nevertheless, appropriate measurement of poverty remains complex and controversial. This is particularly true in developing countries where (i) the stakes with respect to poverty reduction are high; (ii) the determinants of living standards are often volatile; and (iii) related information bases, while much improved, are often characterized by significant non-sample error. It also remains, to a surprisingly high degree, an activity undertaken by technical assistance personnel and consultants based in developed countries. This book seeks to enhance the transparency, replicability, and comparability of existing practice. In so doing, it also aims to significantly lower the barriers to entry to the conduct of rigorous poverty measurement and increase the participation of analysts from developing countries in their own poverty assessments. The book focuses on two domains: the measurement of absolute consumption poverty and a first order dominance approach to multidimensional welfare analysis. In each domain, it provides a series of flexible computer codes designed to facilitate analysis by allowing the analyst to start from a flexible and known base. The book volume covers the theoretical grounding for the code streams provided, a chapter on 'estimation in practice', a series of 11 case studies where the code streams are operationalized, as well as a synthesis, an extension to inequality, and a look forward.