Poverty estimates usually lag behind two years, which makes it difficult to provide real-time poverty analysis to assess the impact of economic crisis and shocks among the less well-off, and subsequently limits policy responses. This paper takes advantage of up-to-date average economic welfare indicators like the gross domestic product per capita and comprehensive harmonized micro data of more than 180 household surveys in 15 Latin American countries...
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2017/06/19
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政策研究报告
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WPS8104
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2017/06/19
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But … what is the poverty rate today? testing poverty nowcasting methods in Latin America and the Caribbean
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gross domestic product per capita