TY - GEN
AU - Decerf, Benoit
TI - Absolute and Relative Poverty Measurement A Survey
PB - The World Bank
KW - Absolute Monetary Poverty Measurement
KW - Absolute Poverty
KW - Equity and Development
KW - Hybrid Poverty Lines
KW - Monetary Poverty Measurement
KW - Poverty Diagnostics
KW - Poverty Index
KW - Poverty Indices
KW - Poverty Lines
KW - Poverty Measurement
KW - Poverty Monitoring and Analysis
KW - Poverty Reduction
KW - Relative Monetary Poverty Measurement
KW - Relative Poverty
KW - Social Development
PY - 2022
N2 - This paper reviews the debate opposing the absolute and relative approaches to monetary poverty measurement. The arguments for combining both approaches into a single "overall" monetary poverty measure are introduced. The most salient proposals of hybrid poverty lines are presented. Then, the reasons why specific poverty indices may be required when a hybrid line is used are discussed. The class of hierarchical poverty indices is described, focusing in particular on the hierarchical headcount ratio
CY - Washington, D.C
UR - http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2
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