Poverty is defined as an economic and social condition of lack
of both money and basic necessities needed for a healthy and
acceptable life, such as food, water, education, healthcare and
shelter. It is also characterized by a lack of participation in
decision-making and in civil, social and cultural life. The most
common poverty indicator is the headcount ratio (HCR), defined
as the percent of population living below an absolute poverty
line. The most commonly used poverty lines are the international
$1.25 and $2 per-capita/day expressed in Purchasing Power Parity
(PPP) at a reference year (2005 in our case). The HarvestChoice
team in collaboration with CIAT extracted sub-national poverty
prevalence rates from nationally representative household
surveys conducted in various years. Our calculations are based
on the comparison between the total household per-capita
consumption expenditure (a synthetic indicator expressing the
money-metric welfare utility level) and the international $1.25
and $2/day poverty li