More Relatively-Poor People in a Less Absolutely-Poor World

Relative deprivation, shame and social exclusion can matter to the welfare of people everywhere. The authors argue that such social effects on welfare call for a reconsideration of how we assess global poverty, but they do not support standard meas...

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Main Authors: Chen, Shaohua, Ravallion, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16458176/more-relatively-poor-people-less-absolutely-poor-world
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11876