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dc.titleAn Inventory of Poverty Lines for Latin America and the Caribbean: 1985-1997
dc.contributor.authorMejía-Guerra, José Antonio
dc.contributor.orgunitSustainable Development Department
dc.coverageArgentina
dc.coverageBahamas
dc.coverageBarbados
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coverageBelize
dc.coverageBolivia
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageCosta Rica
dc.coverageDominican Republic
dc.coverageEcuador
dc.coverageEl Salvador
dc.coverageGuyana
dc.coverageGuatemala
dc.coverageHaiti
dc.coverageHonduras
dc.coverageJamaica
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coverageNicaragua
dc.coveragePanama
dc.coverageParaguay
dc.coveragePeru
dc.coverageSuriname
dc.coverageTrinidad and Tobago
dc.coverageUruguay
dc.coverageVenezuela
dc.date.available2011-11-08T00:00:00
dc.date.issue1998-10-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThe tables in this document present an inventory of some of the available poverty lines for all IDB member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The listed poverty lines are expressed as per capita monthly amounts of nominal local currency and are estimated based on the reference (fieldwork) period of the survey to which they apply. For example, Mexico's INEGI poverty line for 1994 is given in pesos for the 4th quarter of 1994. The only exceptions are the IDB/Poverty Targeted Investments (PTI) poverty lines, which are estimated by using the yearly average of the general consumption price index so that their reference period is mid-year. The appendix presents a more detailed explanation of how the IDB/PTI poverty lines are estimated. In order to review the origin of the rest of the lines, the reader is referred to their original sources, which are listed after each table. All sources are included as footnotes to the tables.
dc.format.extent30
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008918
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/An-Inventory-of-Poverty-Lines-for-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-1985-1997.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectSocial Policy and Protection
dc.subject.keywordspoverty lines, per capita income gap, inequality gap, Latin America & the Caribbean
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberTechnical Notes
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