To Impute or Not to Impute? : A Review of Alternative Poverty Estimation Methods in the Context of Unavailable Consumption Data

Dang, Hai-Anh H.

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: IMPUTATION METHOD;    POVERTY ESTIMATE;    HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION;    WEALTH INDEX;    SYNTHETIC PANELS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8403
RP-ID  :  WPS8403

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

There is an increasingly stronger demandfor more frequent and accurate poverty estimates, despitethe oftentimes unavailable household consumption data. Thispaper offers a review of alternative imputation methods thathave been employed to provide poverty estimates in suchcontexts. These range from estimates on a nonmonetary basis,estimates for specific project targeting or tracking trendsat the national level, to estimates at a more disaggregatedlevel, as well as estimates of poverty dynamics. The paperprovides a concise and accessible synthesis, which serves asan introduction to the literature. The focus is on intuitionand practical insights that highlight the nuanceddifferences between the existing methods rather thantechnical aspects.