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Utility-Consistent Poverty in Madagascar, 2001-10: Snapshots in the Presence of Multiple Economy-Wide Shocks

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  • David Stifel
  • Tiaray Razafimanantena
  • Faly Rakotomanana

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We use Arndt and Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to calculating poverty lines to analyse poverty in Madagascar in 2001, 2005 and 2010. Because two major political crises occurred between the survey periods, the snapshots of national poverty rising from 56.3 per cent in 2001 to 59.6 per cent in 2005, and to 61.4 per cent in 2010, are not necessarily indicative of a trend of persistently rising poverty. Complementary data indicate that in the time periods between the shocks, the well-being of the poor improved.

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  • David Stifel & Tiaray Razafimanantena & Faly Rakotomanana, 2014. "Utility-Consistent Poverty in Madagascar, 2001-10: Snapshots in the Presence of Multiple Economy-Wide Shocks," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2014-122, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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