Mapping Poverty in Sudan.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

World Bank Group.

Series:

Policy Notes.

World Bank e-Library.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inequality.

Living Standards.

Poverty Assessment.

Poverty Lines.

Poverty Reduction.

Local Subjects:

Inequality.

Living Standards.

Poverty Assessment.

Poverty Lines.

Poverty Reduction.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2019.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This report aims to map poverty and inequality in Sudan and would be representative of the 18 states and 131 localities of Sudan. The poverty mapping technique is based on a small area estimation (SAE) technique developed by the World Bank to derive estimates of geographic poverty and inequality. It combines data from the 2014-15 National Household Budget and Poverty Survey (NHBPS) and the 2008 Population and Housing Census data to build spatially disaggregated poverty maps. Although household surveys usually include measures of income and wealth, they are not representative beyond the state level. Yet, allowing lower levels of disaggregation is important for policy interventions, particularly for countries like Sudan that have state governments, which manage the activities of the state while reporting to the federal government. This study uses a model of household expenditure from a survey data set to estimate household welfare at the lower levels and apply it to the census data set which does not provide information on household income or expenditure. These maps illustrate the information gains provided by SAE, show there is a substantial spatial heterogeneity within the localities, and highlight the small areas most likely to exhibit the highest risk of poverty.