Global Distribution of Poverty

Table of Contents

Global Poverty Data Set

National-level Poverty Data Sets

• Indirect Estimation Techniques
  • Small Area Estimates Poverty & Inequality Data Set
  • Poverty and Food Security Country Case Studies
• Other Indirect Estimation Techniques
  • Combining Surveys with Remote Sensing Data
• Direct Estimation Techniques
  • Unsatisfied Basic Needs Data Set

Other Indirect Estimation Techniques

The indirect estimation techniques applied above typically combine two sources of socioeconomic data, namely, household surveys and censuses. More recently, with advances in computing technology and the proliferation of geographic information systems, innovative efforts have been made to link satellite data with socioeconomic data (such as those find in household surveys), to predict for poverty for small areas.