Poverty monitoring  involves tracking progress over time in achieving results in terms of reduction in poverty and is an essential component of any poverty reduction strategy. It includes the following activities: - Selecting Indicators to measure progress toward poverty reduction goals.
- Setting Targets to provide benchmarks against which performance can be judged
- Setting up Poverty Monitoring Systems to track progress towards achieving specific targets and inform policy-making for improved intervention.
- Running Statistical Systems to collect, analyze and deliver the data required to monitor poverty reduction. Coming shortly!
This website also presents resources relating to poverty monitoring in the following categories: - Country documents: provides a collection of studies on country experiences with poverty monitoring.
- Data and data sources: presents a range of poverty indicators and trends, datasets and a guide to data instruments and surveys.
- Training materials and events:  includes useful resources presented at training activities for use by World Bank staff, local clients, partners and the general public.
- Key readings: presents a list of articles, guides and handbooks on poverty monitoring and statistical systems.
- Related links:Â provides a collection of links to sites of institutions, organizations and agencies that analyze and monitor poverty.
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