Issues paper. Measuring health and poverty: a review of approaches to identifying the poor.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2002
Document Type:
Research Paper
Theme:
Health
Authors:
Falkingham, J., Namazie, C.

Abstract

This paper provides a critical review of methods for defining and measuring poverty:
-absolute versus relative poverty indicators
-money-metric measures: income and expenditure data
-alternative measures of household welfare (such as asset indices, proxy indicators and poverty mapping)
-next steps for improving information on health outcomes and welfare indicators in household survey tools.

Citation

Measuring health and poverty: a review of approaches to identifying the poor, DFID Health Systems Resource Centre, London, UK, 70 pp.

Issues paper. Measuring health and poverty: a review of approaches to identifying the poor.

Published 1 January 2002
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