measuringandmonitoringpovertyfortheMDGs.pptVIP

measuring and monitoring poverty for the MDGs estimating extreme poverty for international and national purposes Tim Conway, World Bank Cambodia Country Office UNSD / ESCAP Workshop on MDG Monitoring Bangkok, 14-16 January 2009 outline defining and measuring poverty: a very brief recap measurement, description, explanation, and targeting national poverty estimates Choice of welfare measure Process of setting the poverty line the international poverty line (IPL) IDTs, MDGs and “dollar-a-day” the International Comparison Project 2005 and the new 2008 IPL summary of differences and similari