Poverty Goals
We develop a methodology to estimate the required time and the minimum necessary growth rate to meet a poverty goal for a series of counterfactual income distributions and growth scenarios. The methodology can be applied to most poverty measures and is illustrated with data from Madagascar.
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | Universidad de Guanajuato |
| Repository: | Redalyc-UG |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:125013217002 |
| Online Access: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=125013217002 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Economía y Finanzas Madagascar Poverty goals economic growth poverty measurement Millenium Development Goals |
| Summary: | We develop a methodology to estimate the required time and the minimum necessary growth rate to meet a poverty goal for a series of counterfactual income distributions and growth scenarios. The methodology can be applied to most poverty measures and is illustrated with data from Madagascar. |
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