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Are Poor Individuals Mainly Found in Poor Households?

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dc.contributor.authorBrown, Caitlin
dc.contributor.authorRavallion, Martin
dc.contributor.authorvan de Walle, Dominique
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-12T21:05:03Z
dc.date.available2017-04-12T21:05:03Z
dc.date.issued2017-03
dc.description.abstractAntipoverty policies in developing countries often assume that targeting poor households will be reasonably effective in reaching poor individuals. This paper questions this assumption, using nutritional status as a proxy for individual poverty. The comprehensive assessment for Sub-Saharan Africa reveals that undernourished women and children are spread widely across the distribution of household wealth and consumption. Roughly three-quarters of underweight women and undernourished children are not found in the poorest 20 percent of households, and around half are not found in the poorest 40 percent. The mean joint probability of being an underweight woman and living in the poorest wealth quintile is only 0.03. Countries with higher overall rates of undernutrition tend to have a higher share of undernourished individuals in nonpoor households. The results are consistent with evidence of substantial intrahousehold inequality.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/427491489094206188/Are-poor-individuals-mainly-found-in-poor-households-evidence-using-nutrition-data-for-Africa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/26342
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8001
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectUNDERNUTRITION
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.titleAre Poor Individuals Mainly Found in Poor Households?en
dc.title.alternativeEvidence Using Nutrition Data for Africaen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleAre Poor Individuals Mainly Found in Poor Households? Evidence Using Nutrition Data for Africa
okr.date.disclosure2017-03-09
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/427491489094206188/Are-poor-individuals-mainly-found-in-poor-households-evidence-using-nutrition-data-for-Africa
okr.guid427491489094206188
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8001
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum27257761
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/427491489094206188/pdf/WPS8001.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.geographicalSub-Saharan Africa
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okr.statistics.drstats5431
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Nutrition
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.unitHuman Development and Public Services Team, Development Research Group
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