A Simple Poverty Scorecard for Morocco

Type Working Paper
Title A Simple Poverty Scorecard for Morocco
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Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2013
URL http://microfinance.com/English/Papers/Scoring_Poverty_Morocco_2007_EN.pdf
Abstract
This study uses Morocco’s 2007 Household Living Standards Survey to construct an easy-to-use scorecard that estimates the likelihood that a household has expenditure below a given poverty line. Field workers can collect responses to the scorecard’s ten simple indicators and tally scores on paper in about ten minutes. The scorecard’s bias and precision are reported for a range of poverty lines. The simple poverty scorecard is a practical way for pro-poor programs in Morocco to measure poverty rates, to track changes in poverty rates over time, and to target services.

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