Poverty Measurement and Analysis

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Poverty Measurement and Analysis
Suresh Babu International Food
Policy Research Institute
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Conceptual Framework of Linking Poverty
Nutrition


Nutrition Security

Adult development and Labor productivity
Dietary Intake Macro-nutrients Micro-nutrients
Immediate Causes





Health Status









Access to food Household income/ expenditures
on food
Health environment services Access quality
of health, sanitation water


Maternal child care practices Quality
quantity of care

• Policies that encourage
• -food production
• income generation
• transfer food in-kind

Policies that improve -adequate sanitation -safe
water supply -health care availability -environmen
tal safety/ shelter
Policies programs that increase -caregivers
access -caregivers resource control -caregivers
knowledge, adoption practice





Underlying Causes















Political legal Institutions Political
commitment, legal structures for implementing
food laws




Basic Causes
Resource control, ownership, use Resource use
pricing policies



Potential resources Poverty/natural resources
availability/ agricultural technology

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Immediate Causes


Adult development

Nutrition Security
Labor productivity
















Dietary Intake Macro-nutrients Micro-nutrients



Health Status















Health environment services Access quality
of health, sanitation water




Access to food Household income/ expenditures
on food
Maternal child care practices Quality
quantity of care









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Underlying Causes

• Policies that encourage
• -food production
• income generation
• transfer food in-kind

policies that improve -adequate sanitation -safe
water supply -health care availability -environmen
tal safety/ shelter
Policies programs that increase -caregivers
access -caregivers resource control -caregivers
knowledge, adoption practice

































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Basic Causes



Political legal institutions Political
commitment, legal structures for implementing
food laws



















Resource control, ownership, use Resource use
pricing policies




















Potential resources Poverty/natural resources
availability/ agricultural technology








Sources Adapted from UNICEF (1998) Haddad
(1999) and Smith and Haddad (2000)