in contrast the poverty figures estimated by eclac are generated with the aim of achieving the greatest possible comparability for various analytical purposes and given their different objectives and uses they certainly do not seek to replace the national figures to describe poverty levels and trends in each country as both data sets display similar trends it is considered appropriate to use the national figures to describe the behaviour of poverty in each country meanwhile comparable poverty measurements are used to construct regional aggregates and analyse the drivers of poverty and how different population groups are affected by it thus eclac data contribute to a regional diagnosis that prioritizes evidencebased analysis on povertyreduction policies