 | J. Dumanski, S. Gameda, Christian J. M. G. Pieri - 1998 - 144 pages
...country-specific poverty line. The headcount index as a percentage of the population is established. The headcount index is the percentage of the population below the poverty line. This needs to be computed at a regional or subregional level to cover the dryland area, depending on... | |
 | 2001 - 198 pages
...assumption is obviously less robust in the regions with the lowest survey coverage. The head count index is the percentage of the population below the...line. Further details on data and methodology can be found in Chen and Ravallion 2000. Source: World Bank staff estimates. farm employment. This widening... | |
 | Soniya Carvalho - 2003 - 112 pages
...obviously less robust in the Regions with the lowest survey coverage. The headcount index is the percent of the population below the poverty line. Further details on data and methodology can be found in Ravallion and Chen 2000. The historical series to 1999 was updated in 0ctober 2002 for the... | |
 | Anjum Siddiqui - 2007 - 464 pages
..."Percentage of population covered in survey. "The $1 a day is in 1983 purchasing power parity terms. The headcount index is the percentage of the population below the poverty line. 1998 East Asia and Pacific 91 418 267 27 15 (excluding China) 71 114 54 24 9 Eastern Europe and Central... | |
 | 2000 - 180 pages
...are then estimated by region This assumption is obviously less robust in the regions with the lowest survey coverage. The headcount index is the percentage...line. Further details on data and methodology can be found in Ravallion and Chen 2000. Source: World Bank 1999g; Ravallion and Chen 2000. TABLE 1.2 Population... | |
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... national accounts. Using the assumption that the sample of countries covered by surveys is representative of the region as a whole, the numbers of poor are then estimated by region. This assumption is obviously less robust in the Middle East and African... 