Measuring poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean : methodological considerations when estimating an empirical regional poverty line
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Poverty Assessment; Small Area Estimation Poverty Mapping; Poverty Monitoring&Analysis; Poverty Lines; Poverty Impact Evaluation; Poverty Diagnostics;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2016-05-08 (Development)
- NEP-LAM-2016-05-08 (Central and South America)
- NEP-LTV-2016-05-08 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-PKE-2016-05-08 (Post Keynesian Economics)
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