ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/CL3.SEP/2022/TP.22
Country: State of Palestine
Publication Type: Information material
Cluster: Shared Economic Prosperity
Focus Area: Population dynamics & migration, Statistics
Initiatives: Addressing multidimensional poverty
SDGs: Goal 1: No Poverty
Keywords: Poverty, State of palestine, Poverty mitigation, Household expenditures, Social welfare, Child welfare, Employment statistics, Employment statistics, Educational indicators, Health indicators, Housing conditions, Basic services, Income distribution statistics, Safety regulations, Freedom of movement, Women workers, Labour market, Youth, Statistical data
Nowcasting the national multidimensional poverty index for the State of Palestine (2017–2022)
June 2023
To fight poverty and improve welfare, social and economic policies in the State of Palestine need to be based on up-to-date figures and statistics. However, the most recent multidimensional poverty index (MPI) uses the Palestinian household expenditure and consumption survey from 2017, and a new survey will not be run until at least 2023. In the interim, the present paper provides an estimate or nowcast of the 2022 MPI based on supplementary data sources and reasonable assumptions about the directions and magnitudes of change of the various indicators measuring multidimensional poverty in the State of Palestine.
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Population dynamics & migration
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To fight poverty and improve welfare, social and economic policies in the State of Palestine need to be based on up-to-date figures and statistics. However, the most recent multidimensional poverty index (MPI) uses the Palestinian household expenditure and consumption survey from 2017, and a new survey will not be run until at least 2023. In the interim, the present paper provides an estimate or nowcast of the 2022 MPI based on supplementary data sources and reasonable assumptions about the directions and magnitudes of change of the various indicators measuring multidimensional poverty in the State of Palestine.
