discussion paper
Are women overrepresented among the poor?
An analysis of poverty in ten developing countries
fcnd discussion paper | 2001 | Pages: 66
Open Access
This paper presents new evidence on the proportion of women in poverty in ten developing countries. It compares poverty measures for males and females and male- and female-headed households, and investigates the sensitivity of these measures to the use of per-capita and per-adult equivalent units and different definitions of the poverty line.