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Poverty in Mozambique : New Evidence from Recent Household Surveys

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dc.contributor.authorAlfani, Federica
dc.contributor.authorAzzarri, Carlo
dc.contributor.authord'Errico, Marco
dc.contributor.authorMolini, Vasco
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-02T21:13:43Z
dc.date.available2013-01-02T21:13:43Z
dc.date.issued2012-10
dc.description.abstractThis paper has three primary objectives: (i) to investigate potential problems regarding Mozambique's most recent nationally representative household survey on poverty dynamics; (ii) to assess the robustness and reliability of official poverty statistics; and (iii) to provide alternative estimates of poverty and welfare indicators in light of the methodological and analytical issues raised in areas (i) and (ii). It is determined that at least two significant weaknesses affect the official poverty-rate estimates: measurement errors in consumption data and flaws in the methodology used to calculate poverty lines (the cost-of-basic-needs approach based on provincial food bundles with entropy correction). A number of observations appear to be affected by substantial measurement errors, which severely distort the official poverty statistics. The paper provides methods to correct the consumption distribution by recalculating poverty lines based on a single national food basket -- as opposed to the current estimates, which are based on province-specific food baskets. The revised poverty statistics differ considerably from the official estimates of poverty across provinces and are far more consistent with other poverty indicators. In addition, poverty appears to be highly concentrated in certain areas, with dramatically higher rates found in Central and Northern Mozambique, as well as in rural areas overall, compared with relatively low rates in Southern Mozambique and in the country's urban centers. These findings substantially contradict the government's official poverty figures, which appear to systematically overestimate poverty rates in Mozambique's Southern provinces and urban areas while simultaneously underestimating the prevalence of poverty in the country's Central and Northern regions and in rural areas nationwide.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16793468/poverty-mozambique-new-evidence-recent-household-poverty-mozambique-new-evidence-recent-household
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6217
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/12050
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 6217
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO SERVICES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectBANANAS
dc.subjectBREAD
dc.subjectCALORIC INTAKE
dc.subjectCALORIC REQUIREMENT
dc.subjectCALORIE INTAKE
dc.subjectCASSAVA
dc.subjectCENTRAL REGION
dc.subjectCENTRAL REGIONS
dc.subjectCEREALS
dc.subjectCHANGES IN POVERTY
dc.subjectCHESTNUTS
dc.subjectCONSUMER BASKETS
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION BASKET
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION LEVEL
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION PATTERNS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION POVERTY
dc.subjectCORN
dc.subjectDAIRY
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ISSUES
dc.subjectDIETARY DIVERSITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectESTIMATES OF POVERTY
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE DATA
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFOOD BASKET
dc.subjectFOOD BASKETS
dc.subjectFOOD BUNDLE
dc.subjectFOOD BUNDLES
dc.subjectFOOD COMPONENTS
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectFOOD POVERTY
dc.subjectFOOD POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectFOOD SHARE
dc.subjectFOODS
dc.subjectGA
dc.subjectGROUNDNUTS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD BUDGET
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME GROWTH
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINCOME RISES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectMAIZE
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectMEAT
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY RATE
dc.subjectNON-FOOD COMPONENT
dc.subjectNON-FOOD COMPONENTS
dc.subjectNON-FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectNON-FOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectNON-POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectNONFOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectOFFICIAL POVERTY
dc.subjectOFFICIAL POVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPEANUTS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPOLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOTATOES
dc.subjectPOVERTY ACROSS PROVINCES
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY DYNAMICS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDICATORS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVELS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY PROFILE
dc.subjectPOVERTY RANKINGS
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY STATUS
dc.subjectPRICE CHANGES
dc.subjectPRICE VECTOR
dc.subjectPROTEIN
dc.subjectRANK CORRELATION
dc.subjectREDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subjectREGIONAL DIFFERENTIALS
dc.subjectREGIONAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectREGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectREGIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectREGIONAL PATTERN
dc.subjectREGIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectREGIONAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectREGIONAL PRICE
dc.subjectREGIONAL PRICE DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectREGIONAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectREGIONAL VARIATION
dc.subjectRELATIVE PRICES
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREA
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL COUNTERPARTS
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY RATES
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectSCALAR ADJUSTMENT
dc.subjectSHEEP
dc.subjectSINGLE POVERTY
dc.subjectSINGLE POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectSPATIAL CORRELATION
dc.subjectSPATIAL DISPARITY
dc.subjectSPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectSPATIAL VARIATION
dc.subjectSTOCHASTIC DOMINANCE
dc.subjectTOMATOES
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectURBAN AREA
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectUTILITY LEVEL
dc.subjectWELFARE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectWELFARE IMPROVEMENTS
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATORS
dc.subjectWELFARE LEVELS
dc.titlePoverty in Mozambique : New Evidence from Recent Household Surveysen
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okr.crossref.titlePoverty in Mozambique: New Evidence from Recent Household Surveys
okr.date.disclosure2012-10-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T12:15:03.636884Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16793468/poverty-mozambique-new-evidence-recent-household-poverty-mozambique-new-evidence-recent-household
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.guid121971468288320967
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-6217
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryMozambique
okr.topicFood and Beverage Industry
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.topicIndustry
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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