Measuring levels of living in Latin America : an overview of main problems

Altimir, Oscar
Sourrouille, Juan

1980

A465
338.98

This paper is limited to a discussion of a few salient problems concerning the measurement of levels of living and poverty with particular reference to Latin American concerns, practices and experience. Both conceptual and data problems in the measurement of levels of living and of poverty will be illustrated with quantitative evidence from the data base accumulated by the Joint ECLA - World Bank project on the measurement and analysis on income distribution...

DESARROLLO ECONOMICO; DESARROLLO SOCIAL; POBREZA; AMERICA LATINA;