Youth and Mapping Poverty in Palestine

Type Journal Article
Title Youth and Mapping Poverty in Palestine
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URL http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Feda_Twam/publication/260291528_Youth_and_Mapping_Poverty_in_Pal​estine/links/0deec5309bd793ff2a000000.pdf
Abstract
Poverty methodology in Palestine was set for the first time in 1998, this methodology depends on a combination between absolute and relative characteristics on the poverty line which is based on household consumption. Based on that methodology a new technique was used in order to understand poverty more and shed light on small areas poverty rates which was Mapping Poverty, this technique had multi phases in order to reach poverty estimation on small area level. First level, imputation model finding the appropriate model to impute consumption, then simulation the consumption using the imputation model on Census data.
Youth as major sector of Palestinian population (30%) is needed to be studied as to determining the factors that influence poverty in their localities. Defining needed policies toward improving their levels of living in the localities will be addressed in this study.
A story about Palestinian youth and their localities would be captured through this paper.

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