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Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources

The rise of poverty in Indonesia since the monetary crisis of 1997 has been of major concern to the Indonesian government, international agencies and scholars. In this paper the writer aim to identify the various dimensions of poverty and to discuss the problem of identifying the poor. The paper pro...

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Main Author: Gerke, Solvay
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Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2002
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4208/
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spelling my-ukm.journal.42082012-04-05T07:30:28Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4208/ Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources Gerke, Solvay The rise of poverty in Indonesia since the monetary crisis of 1997 has been of major concern to the Indonesian government, international agencies and scholars. In this paper the writer aim to identify the various dimensions of poverty and to discuss the problem of identifying the poor. The paper provides information on the main data sources in Indonesia and outlines how poverty is measured on the national and local level. In conclusion different data sets and poverty measures are compared and evaluated as to their reliability and usefulness. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2002-01 Article PeerReviewed Gerke, Solvay (2002) Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources. AKADEMIKA, 60 . ISSN 0126-5008 http://www.ukm.my/penerbit/jdem60-05.html
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description The rise of poverty in Indonesia since the monetary crisis of 1997 has been of major concern to the Indonesian government, international agencies and scholars. In this paper the writer aim to identify the various dimensions of poverty and to discuss the problem of identifying the poor. The paper provides information on the main data sources in Indonesia and outlines how poverty is measured on the national and local level. In conclusion different data sets and poverty measures are compared and evaluated as to their reliability and usefulness.
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Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources
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title Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources
title_short Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources
title_full Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources
title_fullStr Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources
title_full_unstemmed Identifying the poor in Indonesia: poverty measures and data sources
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