Estimating a Poverty Line for Brazil Based on the 2017-18 Household Budget Survey (English)

This study applies the cost-of-basic-needs approach to estimate food and total poverty lines for the Brazilian case. Using detailed data on expenditures from a 2017/18 household budget survey and caloric information from the Brazilian Table of Food Composition, calorie intake is assigned to more than 1,400 items to estimate the cost per calorie for a representative group of the population. The preferred results estimate the value of the food poverty...

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Lara Ibarra,Gabriel;

Paffhausen,Anna Luisa;

Vasconcellos Archer Duque,Daniel;
Document Date
2021/12/13
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9878
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Brazil,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2021/12/13
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Estimating a Poverty Line for Brazil Based on the 2017-18 Household Budget Survey
Keywords
food poverty line

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Lara Ibarra,Gabriel; Paffhausen,Anna Luisa; Vasconcellos Archer Duque,Daniel.

Estimating a Poverty Line for Brazil Based on the 2017-18 Household Budget Survey (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9878 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/125861639412675463

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