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Poverty-Specific Purchasing Power Parities in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorDikhanov, Yuri
dc.contributor.authorHamadeh, Nada
dc.contributor.authorVigil-Oliver, William
dc.contributor.authorDegefu, Tefera B.
dc.contributor.authorSong, Inyoung
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-24T19:53:02Z
dc.date.available2017-08-24T19:53:02Z
dc.date.issued2017-07
dc.description.abstractThe paper revisits the issue of poverty-specific purchasing power parities (PPPs), using the most recent (2011) International Comparison Program (ICP) results. The World Bank's global poverty count uses a common international poverty line -- currently $1.90 at 2011 international prices—based on the ICP PPPs for consumption. The use of these PPPs is often criticized for two reasons. First, the ICP PPPs are based on patterns of aggregate household consumption, not the consumption of the poor. Second, the basket of goods and services used for collecting prices for the ICP is not poverty specific. On the first issue, using data from 28 African countries, the paper concludes that the poverty-specific PPPs estimated with household expenditure survey weights are very similar to the ICP PPPs. On the second issue, poverty-specific PPPs were estimated after removing items deemed to be irrelevant for the poor. The overall effect of removing these items from consumption PPPs is shown to be negligible.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/271051500404610210/Poverty-specific-purchasing-power-parities-in-Africa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8150
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/27956
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8150
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER PARITIES
dc.subjectPPPs
dc.subjectPRICE INDICES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.titlePoverty-Specific Purchasing Power Parities in Africaen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titlePoverty-Specific Purchasing Power Parities in Africa
okr.date.disclosure2017-07-18
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/271051500404610210/Poverty-specific-purchasing-power-parities-in-Africa
okr.guid271051500404610210
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8150
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b084deedf4_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum27765717
okr.identifier.reportWPS8150
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/271051500404610210/pdf/WPS8150.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.statistics.combined1717
okr.statistics.dr271051500404610210
okr.statistics.drstats1371
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Theory & Research
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Diagnostics
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.unitDevelopment Data Group, Development Economics
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