Poverty in MENA : Advances and Challenges
On February 29, 2012, the World Bank released an updated dataset of internationally comparable poverty estimates. Poverty is assessed against two internationally comparable poverty lines: $1.25 and $2 a day per capita (measured using 2005 purchasin...
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okr-10986-108412021-04-23T14:02:52Z Poverty in MENA : Advances and Challenges Vishwanath, Tara Serajuddin, Umar CARIBBEAN REGION COUNTRY SPECIFIC DATA AVAILABILITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC SHOCKS EXCHANGE RATES EXTREME POVERTY GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES LEARNING ACTIVITIES LIVING STANDARDS POOR POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATES PPP PURCHASING POWER PARITY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION On February 29, 2012, the World Bank released an updated dataset of internationally comparable poverty estimates. Poverty is assessed against two internationally comparable poverty lines: $1.25 and $2 a day per capita (measured using 2005 purchasing power parity exchange rates). The new global estimates indicate a significant reduction in the proportion of world population below the $1.25 per day per capita poverty line, from 43.1 percent to 22.4 percent between 1990 and 2008. On the other hand, the reduction in the number of poor people is less impressive, mainly on account of population growth during this period. As a result, the number of the poor in 2008 was still as high as 1.29 billion people, although it fell from 1.9 billion in 1990. Accuracy of estimates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will improve if data is collected more regularly by individual countries as well as shared more rapidly. On an encouraging note, in the recently released 2008 poverty numbers, three MENA countries and territories are included for the first time (namely, Iraq, Syria, and the West Bank and Gaza). 2012-08-13T13:15:27Z 2012-08-13T13:15:27Z 2012-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16251111/poverty-mena-advances-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10841 English MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series; No. 64 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa |
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CARIBBEAN REGION COUNTRY SPECIFIC DATA AVAILABILITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC SHOCKS EXCHANGE RATES EXTREME POVERTY GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES LEARNING ACTIVITIES LIVING STANDARDS POOR POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATES PPP PURCHASING POWER PARITY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION |
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CARIBBEAN REGION COUNTRY SPECIFIC DATA AVAILABILITY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC SHOCKS EXCHANGE RATES EXTREME POVERTY GLOBAL POVERTY HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES LEARNING ACTIVITIES LIVING STANDARDS POOR POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATION POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATES PPP PURCHASING POWER PARITY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION Vishwanath, Tara Serajuddin, Umar Poverty in MENA : Advances and Challenges |
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On February 29, 2012, the World Bank
released an updated dataset of internationally comparable
poverty estimates. Poverty is assessed against two
internationally comparable poverty lines: $1.25 and $2 a day
per capita (measured using 2005 purchasing power parity
exchange rates). The new global estimates indicate a
significant reduction in the proportion of world population
below the $1.25 per day per capita poverty line, from 43.1
percent to 22.4 percent between 1990 and 2008. On the other
hand, the reduction in the number of poor people is less
impressive, mainly on account of population growth during
this period. As a result, the number of the poor in 2008 was
still as high as 1.29 billion people, although it fell from
1.9 billion in 1990. Accuracy of estimates in the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA) region will improve if data is
collected more regularly by individual countries as well as
shared more rapidly. On an encouraging note, in the recently
released 2008 poverty numbers, three MENA countries and
territories are included for the first time (namely, Iraq,
Syria, and the West Bank and Gaza). |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Vishwanath, Tara Serajuddin, Umar |
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Vishwanath, Tara Serajuddin, Umar |
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Vishwanath, Tara |
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Poverty in MENA : Advances and Challenges |
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Poverty in MENA : Advances and Challenges |
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Poverty in MENA : Advances and Challenges |
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Poverty in MENA : Advances and Challenges |
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Poverty in MENA : Advances and Challenges |
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poverty in mena : advances and challenges |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16251111/poverty-mena-advances-challenges http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10841 |
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