World Bank poverty monitoring programs, in collaboration with national institutions, produce analytical reports on poverty and inequality. This dataset contains internationally comparable poverty measures and lines generated by the World Bank's Development Research Group since 1990. The data is sourced from the World Bank's data portal and consolidated on HDX.
Use Cases
- Assess the extent and causes of poverty in Lebanon based on poverty measures from analytical reports.
- Examine the impact of economic growth and public policy on inequality using generated inequality measures.
- Review household survey data and measurement methods for poverty monitoring programs.
- Compare global poverty estimates for Lebanon using internationally comparable lines.
Strengths
- Data originates from the World Bank Group, an authoritative international institution.
- Includes poverty estimates and lines produced since 1990, suggesting a long-term perspective.
- Generated from analytical reports and national monitoring programs, implying a research-backed foundation.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Analytical work from poverty monitoring programs and the Development Research Group.
- Time Range
- Since 1990
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 05:46:45.178187; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Lebanon