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100			_aKarshenas, Massoud
245			_aGlobal poverty: national accounts based versus survey based estimates
260			_c2003
300			_ap.683-712.
362			_aSep
520			_aThis article examines the dollar-a-day poverty estimates produced by the World Bank. It highlights the lack of consistency between average consumption and income in household surveys and national accounts data. After examining the likely sources of divergence between the two series, the author proposes a new method of estimation of poverty, based on calibrating the survey means by conditioning on national accounts data, are contrasted with the World Bank estimates. The implications of the findings for the debate on the relationship between poverty and economic growth are also briefly. - Reproduced.
650			_aPoverty
773			_aDevelopment and Change
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999			_c57889 _d57889