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The Evolution of Poverty during the Crisis in Indonesia, 1996–99

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dc.contributor.authorSuryahadi, Asep
dc.contributor.authorSumarto, Sudarno
dc.contributor.authorSuharso, Yusuf
dc.contributor.authorPritchett, Lant
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-29T16:03:10Z
dc.date.available2015-01-29T16:03:10Z
dc.date.issued2000-09
dc.description.abstractPoverty is intrinsically a complex social construct, and even when it is narrowly defined by a deficit of consumption spending, many thorny issues arise in setting an appropriate "poverty line". The authors limit themselves to examining how poverty - defined on a consistent, welfare-comparable basis - changed in Indonesia during a series of crises that began in august 1997. Using various data sets and studies, they develop a consistent series on poverty's evolution from February 1996 to August 1999. Specifically, they study the appropriate method for comparing changes in poverty between the February 1996 and February 1999 Susenas surveys. To set a poverty line for 1999 that is conceptually comparable to that for 1996 involves a standard issue of price deflation: How much would it cost in 1999 to purchase a bundle of goods that would produce the same level of material welfare as the money spent at the poverty line in 1996? Empirically, given major changes in the relative prices of food, the key issue is the weight given food prices in the price index. Using different deflators produces a range of plausible estimates, but they produce a range of plausible estimates, but they produce two "base cases": one working forward from 1996, and one working backward from 1999. If one accepts the official figure of 11.34 percent for February 1996, poverty increased from the immediate pre-crisis rate of about 7-8 percent in the second half of 1997, to the post-crisis rate of about 18-20 percent by September 1998, and 18.9 percent in February 1999. If one begins from the best estimate of the poverty rate in February 1999 (27.1 percent), poverty rose by 9.6 percentage points from 17.5 percent in February 1996. Since February 1999, poverty appears to have subsided considerably but - two years after the crisis started - is still substantially higher than it was immediately before the crisis.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2435
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/21362
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2435
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectcaloric intake
dc.subjectCDF
dc.subjectcommodities
dc.subjectcomparing poverty
dc.subjectconceptual basis
dc.subjectconsumer price index
dc.subjectconsumption bundle
dc.subjectconsumption expenditures
dc.subjectconsumption module
dc.subjectconsumption pattern
dc.subjectconsumption patterns
dc.subjectCPI
dc.subjectdata set
dc.subjectdata sets
dc.subjectdecomposable poverty measures
dc.subjectdensity function
dc.subjectdevelopment issues
dc.subjectdistributional changes
dc.subjectexpenditure function
dc.subjectexpenditure level
dc.subjectfinancial support
dc.subjectfood basket
dc.subjectfood expenditures
dc.subjectfood poverty
dc.subjectfood poverty line
dc.subjectfood prices
dc.subjectfood share
dc.subjectheadcount poverty
dc.subjectheadcount poverty rate
dc.subjectheadcount poverty rates
dc.subjecthousehold survey
dc.subjecthousehold surveys
dc.subjectincome
dc.subjectincrease poverty
dc.subjectinflation
dc.subjectinflation rate
dc.subjectinflation rates
dc.subjectmarginal propensity
dc.subjectmean expenditures
dc.subjectnational level
dc.subjectnational poverty
dc.subjectnon-food components
dc.subjectnon-food items
dc.subjectnon-food prices
dc.subjectofficial poverty
dc.subjectpolicy research
dc.subjectpoor group
dc.subjectpoor households
dc.subjectpoverty bundle
dc.subjectpoverty change
dc.subjectpoverty data base
dc.subjectpoverty increases
dc.subjectpoverty index
dc.subjectpoverty line
dc.subjectpoverty line using
dc.subjectpoverty lines
dc.subjectpoverty measure
dc.subjectpoverty measures
dc.subjectpoverty rate
dc.subjectpoverty rates
dc.subjectpoverty reduction
dc.subjectpoverty strategy
dc.subjectprice changes
dc.subjectprice elasticities
dc.subjectprices change
dc.subjectpurchasing power
dc.subjectreal terms
dc.subjectreduced poverty
dc.subjectrelative price
dc.subjectrelative prices
dc.subjectrepresentative sample
dc.subjectresulting poverty lines
dc.subjectrural areas
dc.subjectsavings
dc.subjectsignificant reduction
dc.subjectsocial development
dc.subjectutility function
dc.subjectutility level
dc.subjectwelfare economics
dc.subjectwelfare impact
dc.subjectwelfare levels
dc.subjectfinancial crises
dc.subjectpoverty index
dc.subjectsocial analysis
dc.subjectconsumption statistics
dc.subjectpoverty measurement
dc.subjectwelfare economics
dc.subjectprice fluctuations
dc.subjectpurchasing power
dc.subjectdeflators
dc.subjectpoverty rates
dc.titleThe Evolution of Poverty during the Crisis in Indonesia, 1996–99en
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okr.crossref.titleThe Evolution of Poverty during the Crisis in Indonesia, 1996 99
okr.date.disclosure2000-09-30
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:20:34.455415Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.guid567841468756555394
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2435
okr.identifier.reportWPS2435
okr.language.supporteden
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryIndonesia
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Conditions and Volatility
okr.topicPoverty Reduction
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.unitEnvironmental and Social Development Sector Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region
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