Nowcasting Poverty in India for 2014-15 : A Survey to Survey Imputation Approach (English)

Because of India's size, the age of its most recent available poverty survey, and the availability of a more recent nationally representative survey, the World Bank utilized a survey to survey imputation exercise as a key input to estimate poverty in 2015. At the $1.90 per day international poverty line, the imputation model predicts a 2014-15 headcount poverty rate of 10 percent in urban areas and 16.4 percent in rural areas, implying a poverty rate...

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Newhouse,David Locke;

Vyas,Pallavi;
Document Date
2018/09/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
130008
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
India,
Region
South Asia,
Disclosure Date
2018/09/19
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Nowcasting Poverty in India for 2014-15 : A Survey to Survey Imputation Approach
Keywords
global poverty

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Newhouse,David Locke; Vyas,Pallavi.

Nowcasting Poverty in India for 2014-15 : A Survey to Survey Imputation Approach (English). Global Poverty Monitoring Technical Note|No. 6 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/294251537365339600

Nowcasting Poverty in India for 2014-15 : A Survey to Survey Imputation Approach (English)

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