Poverty mapping based on first order dominance with an example from Mozambique

Channing Arndt, M. Azhar Hussain, Vincenzo Salvucci, Finn Tarp and Lars Peter Østerdal

No 15/2015, Discussion Papers on Economics from University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics

Abstract: We explore a novel first order dominance (FOD) approach to poverty mapping and compare its properties to small area estimation. The FOD approach uses census data directly; is straightforward to implement; is multidimensional allowing for a broad conception of welfare; and accounts rigorously for welfare distributions in both levels and trends. An application to Mozambique highlights the value of the approach, including its advantages in the monitoring and evaluation of public expenditures. We conclude that the FOD approach to poverty mapping constitutes a useful addition to the toolkit of policy analysts.

Keywords: First order dominance; poverty mapping; small area estimation; multidimensional poverty measurement; public expenditure evaluation; Mozambique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C15 C81 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2015-11-16
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (7)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.sdu.dk/-/media/files/om_sdu/institutte ... 2015/dpbe15_2015.pdf Full text (application/pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: Poverty Mapping Based on First‐Order Dominance with an Example from Mozambique (2016)
Working Paper: Poverty mapping based on first order dominance with an example from Mozambique (2015)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hhs:sdueko:2015_015

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Discussion Papers on Economics from University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics Department of Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Astrid Holm Nielsen ().