Publication: March 2021 PovcalNet Update: What’s New
Date
2021-03
ISSN
Published
2021-03
Author(s)
Arayavechkit, Tanida
Barreto Herrera, Karen Y.
Belghith, Nadia Belhaj Hassine
Castaneda Aguilar, R. Andres
Fujs, Tony H.M.J.
Dewina, Reno
Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina
Edochie, Ifeanyi N.
Abstract
The March 2021 update to PovcalNet
involves several changes to the data underlying the global
poverty estimates. Some welfare aggregates have been changed
for improved harmonization, and the CPI, national accounts,
and population input data have been updated. This document
explains these changes in detail and the reasoning behind
them. In addition to the changes listed here, a large number
of new country-years have been added, resulting in a total
number of surveys of more than 1,900. Moreover, this update
includes important revisions to the historical survey data
and for the first time, poverty estimates based on imputed
consumption data.
Citation
“Arayavechkit, Tanida; Atamanov, Aziz; Barreto Herrera, Karen Y.; Belghith, Nadia Belhaj Hassine; Castaneda Aguilar, R. Andres; Fujs, Tony H.M.J.; Dewina, Reno; Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina; Edochie, Ifeanyi N.; Jolliffe, Dean; Lakner, Christoph; Mahler, Daniel; Montes, Jose; Moreno Herrera, Laura L.; Mungai, Rose; Newhouse, David; Nguyen, Minh C.; Sanchez Castro, Diana M.; Schoch, Marta; Sharma, Dhiraj; Simler, Kenneth; Swinkels, Rob; Takamatsu, Shinya; Uochi, Ikuko; Viveros Mendoza, Martha C.; Yonzan, Nishant; Yoshida, Nobuo; Wu, Haoyu. 2021. March 2021 PovcalNet Update: What’s New. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35340 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”