ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/SD/2014/WP.1
Country: Arab region
Publication Type: Working papers
Cluster: Shared Economic Prosperity
Focus Area: Financing for development, Inclusive development
Initiatives: Monitoring money-metric poverty
SDGs: Goal 1: No Poverty
Keywords: Arab countries, Income distribution, Measurement, Poverty, Surveys
Towards better measurement of poverty and inequality in Arab countries: a proposed pan-Arab multipurpose survey
January 2014
This paper critically assesses the measurement methods of poverty and inequality indicators based on international and national methodologies as well as the data generation mechanisms across Arab countries.
It applies a uniform approach in measurement and data production. In this context, a pan Arab Multi-Purpose Survey (PAMPS) can serve as an effective tool to produce harmonized data across countries, compute multi-dimensional poverty and monitor the progress of many of the proposed SDGs related to human poverty.
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This paper critically assesses the measurement methods of poverty and inequality indicators based on international and national methodologies as well as the data generation mechanisms across Arab countries.
It applies a uniform approach in measurement and data production. In this context, a pan Arab Multi-Purpose Survey (PAMPS) can serve as an effective tool to produce harmonized data across countries, compute multi-dimensional poverty and monitor the progress of many of the proposed SDGs related to human poverty.
