Mapping where the poor live

A key consideration in planning action to assist poor and hungry households is simply to have a good understanding of where they live and the characteristics of those locations. For the past 10 years, poverty researchers at the World Bank, IFPRI, and other organisations have worked with local analysts to produced detailed poverty maps for more than 30 countries. Such maps provide estimates of the incidence and severity of poverty for relatively small areas — such as at the subdistrict and even community levels — and enable the user to better understand the spatial distribution..