The performance of a consumption augmented asset index in ranking Households and Identifying the Poor (English)

Asset ownership indices are widely used as inexpensive proxies for consumption. This paper shows that these indices can be augmented using dichotomous indicators for consumption, which are equally easy to obtain. The paper uses multiple rounds of Living Standards Measurement Study surveys from Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Ghana to construct indices with different item subcategories and performs a meta-analysis comparing the indices to per...

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Ngo,Diana;

Christiaensen,Luc;
Document Date
2018/03/08
Report Number
WPS8362
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Ghana,
Region
Western and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2018/03/08
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
The performance of a consumption augmented asset index in ranking Households and Identifying the Poor
Keywords
asset index

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Ngo,Diana; Christiaensen,Luc.

The performance of a consumption augmented asset index in ranking Households and Identifying the Poor (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8362 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/882101520515555525

The performance of a consumption augmented asset index in ranking Households and Identifying the Poor (English)

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