Brazil within Brazil : testing the poverty map methodology in Minas Gerais (English)

The small-area estimation technique developed for producing poverty maps has been applied in a large number of developing countries. Opportunities to formally test the validity of this approach remain rare due to lack of appropriately detailed data. This paper compares a set of predicted welfare estimates based on this methodology against their true values, in a setting where these true values are known. A recent study draws on Monte Carlo evidence...

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Elbers,Chris T.M.;

Lanjouw,Peter F.;

Pereira Guimaraes Leite,Phillippe George;
Document Date
2008/02/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS4513
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Brazil,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Brazil within Brazil : testing the poverty map methodology in Minas Gerais
Keywords
enumeration area

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Elbers,Chris T.M.; Lanjouw,Peter F.; Pereira Guimaraes Leite,Phillippe George.

Brazil within Brazil : testing the poverty map methodology in Minas Gerais (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4513 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/941401468231893568

Brazil within Brazil : testing the poverty map methodology in Minas Gerais (English)

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