Guide / Toolkit
Developing Poverty Assessment Tools
Examining techniques, designs, accomplishments, and outcomes of developing a poverty appraisal tools
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This presentation details the project implemented by The IRIS Center for identifying a set of a poverty indicatorsThe presentation describes the:
- Technique for identifying the very poor;
- Design of the test to recognize the indicators ability to act as a substitute for poverty;
- Execution of the test;
- Results of the test;
- Some facts relating to the predictors:
- Accuracy improves with additional predictors,
- Lower accuracy exists among poor compared to non-poor,
- Indicators vary in their degree of practicality, and there is a trade-off between accuracy and practicality.
The presentation illustrates another comparative LSMS data analysis carried out to:
- Spot best poverty predictors;
- Evaluate them over larger number of countries.
At the end, the presentation explores:
- Test of the indicators for practicality to determine whether the tools are low cost and easy to use;
- A poverty assessment tool;
- Data collection methodologies.
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