Hentschel, JeskoLanjouw, Peter2012-08-132012-08-131998-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11544This poverty note analyzes the usefulness of poverty maps, and how they can be constructed using census and survey data, for the use and benefit of policy makers to focus scarce development resources. The note goes on to describe various kinds of poverty maps, such as those based on indexes of welfare, basic needs indicators, and disaggregated consumption-based factors. Methodologies to create these maps, are further discussed at some length.CC BY 3.0 IGOBASIC NEEDSBENEFICIARIESCENSUS DATACONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION ESTIMATESCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURECONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCROWDINGDATA REQUIREMENTSDEPRESSED AREASDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSECOLOGYECONOMIC MANAGEMENTECONOMICSEMPLOYMENTEXPENDITURE INFORMATIONGEOGRAPHICAL TARGETINGHEALTH CAREHEALTH CENTERSHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD LEVELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMELIVING STANDARDSLIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENTPARAMETER ESTIMATESPOLICY RESEARCHPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOVERTY GROUPPOVERTY MAPPOVERTY MAPSPOVERTY PROFILESPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIMARY HEALTH CAREPUBLIC SERVICESRURAL AREASRURAL POVERTYSOCIAL MAPSSPATIAL DIMENSIONSSPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF POVERTYSTANDARD ERRORSURBAN AREASWASTE DISPOSAL BASIC NEEDSPOVERTYPOVERTY MITIGATIONPOVERTY MEASUREMENTSURVEY DATACENSUSCONSUMPTIONSTATISTICSWorld Bank10.1596/11544