Global Poverty
National Accounts Based versus Survey Based Estimates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3883717 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Massoud Karshenas (0000-0002-4934-634X, African Studies Centre, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 683-712 |
| Publication date | 2003-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-7660.00324 |
| OpenAlex | W2144757581 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 12 |
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
Consistency (knowledge bases) · Consumption (sociology) · Development economics · Divergence (linguistics) · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Estimation · Liberian dollar · Macroeconomics · Measures of national income and output · National accounts · National Income and Product Accounts · Poverty · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Survey data collection · Economic Theory and Policy · Finance · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
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Successes in Anti-Poverty
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2021 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |