Estimation of Poverty in Somalia Using Innovative Methodologies (English)

Somalia is highly data-deprived, leaving policy makers to operate in a statistical vacuum. To overcome this challenge, the World Bank implemented wave 2 of the Somali High Frequency Survey to better understand livelihoods and vulnerabilities and, especially, to estimate national poverty indicators. The specific context of insecurity and lack of statistical infrastructure in Somalia posed several challenges for implementing a household survey and measuring...

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Pape,Utz Johann;

Wollburg,Philip Randolph;
Document Date
2019/02/12
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8735
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Somalia,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2019/02/12
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Estimation of Poverty in Somalia Using Innovative Methodologies
Keywords
consumption

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Pape,Utz Johann; Wollburg,Philip Randolph.

Estimation of Poverty in Somalia Using Innovative Methodologies (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8735 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/509221549985694077

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