1. Improving the Measurement of Extreme Poverty and Hunger Stephan Klasen University of Göttingen, Germany IFPRI Conference, Beijing, October 17-19, 2007

2. Issues Measurement of poverty and well-being: income versus capabilities (Alkire) Measurement of hunger and undernutrition (Svedberg) Monitoring children‘s development (de Newburgh) Country experiences on measurement of poverty and hunger: –India (Shariff) –China (Xian) –Philippines (Reyes)

3. Questions Poverty and well-being: –Indicators that are tractable, easy to communicate, easily collected, and widely available? –How can survey organizations and researchers work together on this? Hunger and Undernutrition: –Approaches: Input-oriented (FAO)? Expenditure-based (World Bank)? Nutritional outcomes (WHO/UNICEF)? –Inter-regional puzzles: Calorie deficiency highest in Carribbean, underweight worst in South Asia, child mortality worst in Sub Saharan Africa; Why do these indicators not agree? Should one focus one more than the other? –Challenges for data collection and monitoring.

4. Source: Klasen, S. (2007), Journal of Economic Inequality