Utility-consistent Poverty in Madagascar, 2001 - 10: Snapshots in the presence of multiple economy-wide shocks

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We use Arndt and Simler's (2010) utility-consistent approach to calculating poverty lines to analyse poverty in Madagascar in 2001, 2005 and 2010. Because two major political crises occurred between the survey periods, the snapshots of national poverty rising from 56.3 per cent in 2001 to 59.6 per cent in 2005, and to 61.4 per cent in 2010, are not necessarily indicative of a trend of persistently rising poverty. Complementary data indicate that in the time periods between the shocks, the well-being of the poor improved. This evidence suggests that poverty estimates for Madagascar are more a reflection of short-term shocks than of long-term trends.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-92-9230-843-8
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2014/122

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; Measurement and Analysis of Poverty ; Economywide Country Studies: Africa
• Subject: poverty measurement ; utility-consistent poverty lines ; inequality ; Madagascar

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Stifel, David ; Razafimanantena, Tiaray ; Rakotomanana, Faly
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (where): Helsinki
• (when): 2014

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2014/843-8
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/107976
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET