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Economic Indicators for Brazil, 1976 and 1996 Selected Characteristics of the Poor in Ecuador, 1994 Poverty among Household Groups in Malawi, 1997–98 Poverty Measures for Cambodia, 1993/94 and June 1997 Poverty Risks for Selected Groups of Households, Peru Sectoral Poverty Profile for Indonesia, 1987 Sectoral Decomposition of the Change in Poverty in Indonesia, 1984–87 Comparisons of Poverty Estimates from Cambodian Surveys Distribution of Poverty by Age and Gender of Household Head in Cambodia, 1999 Mean and Standard Error of Headcount Poverty Rate for Different Sample Sizes, Rural Costa Province, Ecuador, 1994 Standard Errors of Estimates of Headcount Poverty Rates, for Survey Data and for Small-Area Estimation, Ecuador, 1994 Decomposition of Inequality (in Expenditure per Capita) by Urban and Rural Areas, in Vietnam, 2006 Main Determinants of Poverty Determinants of Household Spending Levels in Côte d’Ivoire, about 1993 Growth Determinants and the Incomes of the Poor Growth and Distribution Effects of Poverty Summary of Tanzania’s National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA) Headcount Indexes: Percentage of Population in Developing Countries Living below $1.25/Day Computing GDP per Capita in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) Terms Illustrating the Effects of Response Bias and Underreporting Poverty Lines Using $1/Day and $2/Day and Basic Needs Measures Hypothetical Data on Consumption per Capita for 10 Individuals Chronic, Persistent, and Transient Poverty, China, 1985–90 Cost of Poverty Elimination in China, 1985–90 Quintile Transition Matrix for Households, 1993–98 The Headcount Poverty Rate (P0), S&W and BPS Methods Poverty Transition Matrix, December 1998–August 1999 Alternative Measures of Poverty in Indonesia Poverty Rates Computed Using Different Food Shares and Prices, February 1996 and February 1999 Poverty Rates Using Different Assumptions about Deflation, 1997 and 1998 Estimates of Poverty Rates in Indonesia, 1996–99
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