Societal Poverty : A Relative and Relevant Measure

Poverty lines are typically higher in richer countries, and lower in poorer ones, reflecting the relative nature of national assessments of who is considered poor. In many high-income countries, poverty lines are explicitly relative, set as a share...

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Main Authors: Jolliffe, Dean, Prydz, Espen Beer
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/133671495562984832/Societal-poverty-a-relative-and-relevant-measure
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26845