ST/ESA/STAT/POVERTY/WWW
31 May 2005
Handbook on Poverty Statistics:
Concepts, Methods and Policy Use
Activities and Meetings
The provisional outline of the Handbook was presented at the meeting
of the Expert Group on Poverty Statistics held in Rio De Janeiro in
November 2003.
A panel meeting on Global Poverty Measures
and International Poverty Comparison was held in New York in February
2004. Minutes
of the panel meeting
Regional workshops involving regional and national stakeholders
and other international agencies - two in Africa (ECOWAS
and CEMAC), one in Latin America and the
Caribbean, one in Asia
and the Pacific, and one in Western
Asia - provided insights into country practices and facilitated the
exchange of views on papers drafted so far.
The Global Survey on Poverty Measurement collects metadata and
data on poverty measurements world wide from national statistical institutions.
The poverty questionnaire designed for this survey can be downloaded here:
[English PQ] [Spanish
PQ] [French PQ] [Russian
PQ]
An Expert Group Meeting took place
in New York (June 28-30, 2005), which brought together the authors and
reviewers of the Handbook in order to conduct a comprehensive review of
the first draft of the publication. Each chapter was presented individually,
reviewed by designated reviewers, and discussed by all participants of
the meeting.
Documents on poverty statistics presented to the Statistical Commission
35th session, 2-5 March 2004:
Report
of the Secretary-General on poverty statistics E/CN.3/2004/8
Report
of the Rio Group on poverty statistics E/CN.3/2004/9
Summary
note on the action taken by the Statistical Commission
36th session, 1-4 March 2005:
Report
of the Secretary-General on poverty statistics E/CN.3/2005/13
|