New Estimates of Extreme Poverty for Children

New Estimates of Extreme Poverty for Children

This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to estimate the rate of extreme poverty among children in the developing world. The estimates are based on the same surveys and welfare measures as official World Bank poverty estimates. Of childr...

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Main Authors: Newhouse, David, Suarez-Becerra, Pablo, Evans, Martin C.
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
poverty
extreme poverty
household surveys
equivalence scales
poverty line
child poverty
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26832168/new-estimates-extreme-poverty-children
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25162

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26832168/new-estimates-extreme-poverty-children
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25162

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