Data Set Releases
Subnational small area estimates poverty mapping data sets now available for: Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nepal, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, and Romania.
Global Distribution of Infant Mortality: A Subnational View
An article explaining the creation and significance of CIESIN’s subnational infant mortality data and how subnational measures of infant mortality can serve as a useful, spatially-precise indicator of poverty has been published in Population, Space, and Place. [Abstract]
More Than a Pretty Picture
More Than a Pretty PictureAn overview of effective uses of small area estimation poverty maps for policy making. Published by the World Bank.
Where the Poor Are: An Atlas of Poverty
Where the Poor Are: An Atlas of Poverty21 full-page global and small area estimate poverty maps, with examples of how the data has been and may be used in poverty interventions. A product of the Global Poverty Mapping Project.
New Poverty Maps Available
The Global Poverty Mapping Project's growing online map gallery now contains over 300 poverty maps, at a number of spatial scales (global, regional, national, and urban areas), and for a variety of countries and poverty measures.