Meeting on methodologies and
data needs for im
mpact indicators
Proportion of the poopulation in affected
areas living abovee the poverty line
(PPPL)
Alejand
dro León
Bonn, Junee 11, 2010
A word of
o caution
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Indicators should not be used in isolation. In
the case of poverty, as with others, there are
MANY other variables
s that condition the
outcome
Difficulties with some definitions: for e.g.
“affected
affected areas”
areas
Can we assume that there
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is some sort of
link in between (macro
o)economic policies
and those addressing land degradation?
IIt is
i lik
likely
l that
h every country keeps
k
trackk off
the evolution of poverrty
and
d....
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This has been an exercise to review
revisions.....in a short time!
Methodologies
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Economic welfare: consumption, income
Poverty line: absolute, relative,
relative national
national,
international
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Headcount
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Household surveys
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International data
Spatial Scales
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Monitoring within a co
ountry is sometimes
done nationally. In oth
her cases, subnationally. In both cas
ses, comparison
between countries is unreliable.
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According to ECLAC, international statistics
(for e.g. World Bank, o
others) are, in many
cases,better than national ones because of
more observations ==
=> comparability
p
y
Outcome und
derstood and
accep
pted?
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ECLAC found that pov
verty measurements
are generally well und
derstood and that there
is a high potential to tu
urn them into public
policies
Monitoring syste
ems and reliable
da
ata
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No clear answer
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Great disparity betwee
en countries re
re.
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Tracking frequen
ncy
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Data quality
Human and computing resources
Data collection related
d to poverty seems
quite straighforward
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Frequency: my sugge
estion: every 5 years
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The big question: harm
monization.
Relev
vance
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PPPL might be releva
ant in LDC, but no so in
DC.
At the global level, the
ere seems to be enough
data
Other issues
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If data are lacking: use international datasets
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Report indicator at glo
obal level: relevant?
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Do we need to tell the
e Focal Points what an
affected
ff t d area is?
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The UNCCD Secretarriat can do a great job
facilitating the reportin
ng process:
repository,designing a simple format
As a Group of Experts
s said, the PPPL is a
starting point....