Poverty Written Report: Policy brief
Description
Task: Write a policy brief for key policymakers in “your” country (Country of your choice)
Word count: 3000 words
Refer to the attached document (PDF) regarding this written report. Please closely follow the instructions, in particular the rubric criteria.
Brief info on content studied in class:
Indicators:
– Income
– Human Development Index (HDI)
Measurement of Poverty:
– HeadCount Ratio (HCR)
– Poverty Gap index (PGI) & squared PGI
– Forster – Greer – Thorbecke (FGT)
How to get rid of poverty? What method works best?
– Poverty trap
– MFI
– Transfer (cash transfer/ In-kind transfer/ Conditional transfer & Unconditional transfer)
– Insurance (self-insurance/ Mutual-insurance/ Index insurance [formal] )
The post Poverty Written Report: Policy brief Description Task: Write a policy brief for key policymakers in “your” country (Country of your choice) Word count: 3000 words Refer to the attached document (PDF) regarding this written report. Please closely follow the instructions, in particular the rubric criteria. Brief info on content studied in class: Indicators: – Income – Human Development Index (HDI) Measurement of Poverty: – HeadCount Ratio (HCR) – Poverty Gap index (PGI) & squared PGI – Forster – Greer – Thorbecke (FGT) How to get rid of poverty? What method works best? – Poverty trap – MFI – Transfer (cash transfer/ In-kind transfer/ Conditional transfer & Unconditional transfer) – Insurance (self-insurance/ Mutual-insurance/ Index insurance [formal] ) first appeared on Your Answers.
