How Robust Is a Poverty Profile?
研究了不同贫困概况构建方法的内部一致性和政策适用性，发现某些方法在指导绝对消费贫困政策时更优，并以印尼为例说明贫困概况对部分测量因素敏感、对另一些则稳健。
Comparisons of poverty, such as where or when poverty is greatest, typically matter far more for policy choices than do aggregate measures of poverty, such as how many people are deemed poor. We examine alternative methods for constructing poverty profiles, focusing on their internal consistency and appropriateness for guiding policy. None is perfect, but some methods appear to be preferable to others when the aim is to inform policies for fighting absolute-consumption poverty. A case study on Indonesia reveals that the country's regional and sectoral poverty profile is highly sensitive to some aspects of measurement but quite robust to others.