Documents et rapports
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Poverty in India during the 1990s - a regional perspective (anglais)
The authors provide estimates of poverty at the regional level in India, spanning the 1990s. Such estimates have not been previously available due to concerns regarding non-comparability of the 1993-94...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3141 Date du document: 31 octobre 2003 Auteur: Yoko Kijima,Lanjouw, Peter
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Micro-level estimation of welfare (anglais)
The authors construct and derive the properties of estimators of welfare that take advantage of the detailed information about living standards available in small household surveys and the comprehensive...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2911 Date du document: 31 octobre 2002 Auteur: Elbers, Chris,Lanjouw, Jean O.,Lanjouw, Peter
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Rural non-farm activities and rural development : from experience towards strategy (anglais)
This paper presents an overview of the rural non-farm economy in developing countries at the start of the 21st century and maps out the available policy options. Following the introduction, Chapter 2 delineates...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 22818 Date du document: 31 août 2001 Auteur: Lanjouw, Peter,Feder, Gershon
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Benefit incidence, public spending reforms, and the timing of program capture (anglais)
Assessments of the distributional effects of public spending reforms have generally been based on average rates of program participation by income or expenditure group. This practice can be deceptive because...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 77291 Date du document: 1 mai 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Lanjouw, Peter, Ravallion, Martin
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Household welfare measurement and the pricing of basic services (anglais)
The authors discuss when and how to adjust expenditures derived from household surveys to reflect the consumption of basic services. They discuss simple adjustment methods for markets that are subsidized...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS2006 Date du document: 30 novembre 1998 Auteur: Hentschel, Jesko,Lanjouw, Peter
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Using disaggregated poverty maps to plan sectoral investments (anglais)
This 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...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 18570 Date du document: 31 mai 1998 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hentschel, Jesko,Lanjouw, Peter
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The evolution of poverty and inequality in Indian villages (anglais)
The authors review longitudinal village studies from a variety of disciplinary perspectives to identify changes in living standards in rural India in recent decades. They scrutinize the main forces of...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1870 Date du document: 31 janvier 1998 Auteur: Jayraman, Raji,Lanjouw, Peter
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Poverty comparisons with non-compatible data: theory and illustrations (anglais)
Comparisons of poverty rates are only rarely based on identical underlying definitions of welfare. The authors examine the sensitivity of poverty rates calculated from alternative definitions of consumption...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1709 Date du document: 31 janvier 1997 Auteur: Lanjouw, Jean Olson,Lanjouw, Peter