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.

Bibliographic Details
Author: Juan Carlos Chávez-Martín del Campo
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
Description
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.