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Research Study on Poverty-Specific Purchasing Power Parities for Selected Countries in Asia and the Pacific

Books, Periodicals, Studies, and Reports Publication Date: March 2008 In stock

This study is a methodological research that presents a detailed account of the activities undertaken to estimate poverty purchasing power parities (PPP) using the recommended methodology of the Poverty Advisory Group of the World Bank, as well as alternative PPPs derived from poverty-specific price surveys. The study established that poverty-specific prices would make a difference in the numerical values of the poverty PPPs. The research study is expected to provide significant input into the development and further refinement of methodologies for compiling PPPs specific to poverty measurement.

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Contents

Foreword, Acknowledgments, Contents, List of Tables and Figures, Abbreviations, Executive Summary

Chapter 1. 2005 ICP Asia Pacific and Purchasing Power Parities for Poverty Measurement: Introduction

Chapter 2. National and Regional Poverty Measurement Using International Poverty Lines - Basic Steps

Chapter 3. ICP in the Asia Pacific Region and Purchasing Power Parities

Chapter 4. Purchasing Power Parities for Converting Poverty Lines - Basic Framework

Chapter 5. Recommended Methodology for the Compilation of Poverty PPPs for the 2005 ICP Asia Pacific

Chapter 6. Poverty-specific Price Surveys - 2005 ICP Asia Pacific

Chapter 7. Estimates of Poverty PPPs Using Different Sources of Price Data and Aggregation Methods - A Sensitivity Analysis

Chapter 8. International Poverty Lines for the Asia Pacific Region

Chapter 9. Poverty PPP Study, 2005 ICP Asia Pacific: Milestones Achieved and Future Work

Appendix Tables