Metodologías de estimación de la línea de pobreza absoluta en colombia: una reflexión / Methodologies for the estimation of absolute poverty line in colombia: a reflection
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Methodology, Homelessness, Poverty, ColombiaAbstract
This article emerged as a response to the controversial figures published on monetary poverty in Colombia in 2011, according to which three millions of poor people disappeared. We inquired into the root behind the figures: the methodology for calculating the absolute poverty line. Exploring on the methodological elements, found that the methodology employed by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) became in regards to the estimate of poverty in the countries of Latin America. Therefore, this document explains the main differences between the four official methodologies implemented in Colombia on the measurement of poverty. The text shows that the poverty figures serve as targeting instrument for those who are identified as poor; however, it is evident that it can cause methodological changes in the correct identification of the number of poor people. This made the latest methodology implemented in the country, which allows us to conclude that the responsible to carry out the measurement must assume an ethical commitment to give coherence to their estimates with what is perceived in society.
http://dx.doi.org/10.17981/econcuc.36.1.2015.28
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