The Effect of New PPP Estimates on Global Poverty : A First Look

This paper provides an initial analysis of the impact on the World Bank's global poverty estimates of the revised 2011 and new 2017 PPPs published in May 2020. The revised 2011 PPPs slightly increase poverty in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Afric...

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Main Authors:	Atamanov, Aziz, Lakner, Christoph, Mahler, Daniel Gerszon, Tetteh Baah, Samuel Kofi, Yang, Judy
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	REVISED 2011 PPP PURCHASING POWER PARITY GLOBAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE 2017 PPP EXTREME POVERTY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/191631589896884566/The-Effect-of-New-PPP-Estimates-on-Global-Poverty-A-First-Look http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33816

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spelling	okr-10986-338162021-05-25T09:55:34Z The Effect of New PPP Estimates on Global Poverty : A First Look Atamanov, Aziz Lakner, Christoph Mahler, Daniel Gerszon Tetteh Baah, Samuel Kofi Yang, Judy REVISED 2011 PPP PURCHASING POWER PARITY GLOBAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE 2017 PPP EXTREME POVERTY This paper provides an initial analysis of the impact on the World Bank's global poverty estimates of the revised 2011 and new 2017 PPPs published in May 2020. The revised 2011 PPPs slightly increase poverty in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, causing the extreme poverty headcount ratio for the world to rise by 0.3 percentage points to 10.3 percent in 2015 (equivalent to 20 million more poor people). The 2017 PPPs have the opposite effect: extreme poverty decreases in Sub-Saharan Africa, reducing the global poverty estimate slightly by 0.6pp to 9.4 percent in 2015 (equivalent to 46 million fewer poor people). The long-run trends in global and regional poverty remain unchanged. 2020-05-27T18:58:28Z 2020-05-27T18:58:28Z 2020-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/191631589896884566/The-Effect-of-New-PPP-Estimates-on-Global-Poverty-A-First-Look http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33816 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic	REVISED 2011 PPP PURCHASING POWER PARITY GLOBAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE 2017 PPP EXTREME POVERTY
spellingShingle	REVISED 2011 PPP PURCHASING POWER PARITY GLOBAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE 2017 PPP EXTREME POVERTY Atamanov, Aziz Lakner, Christoph Mahler, Daniel Gerszon Tetteh Baah, Samuel Kofi Yang, Judy The Effect of New PPP Estimates on Global Poverty : A First Look
description	This paper provides an initial analysis of the impact on the World Bank's global poverty estimates of the revised 2011 and new 2017 PPPs published in May 2020. The revised 2011 PPPs slightly increase poverty in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, causing the extreme poverty headcount ratio for the world to rise by 0.3 percentage points to 10.3 percent in 2015 (equivalent to 20 million more poor people). The 2017 PPPs have the opposite effect: extreme poverty decreases in Sub-Saharan Africa, reducing the global poverty estimate slightly by 0.6pp to 9.4 percent in 2015 (equivalent to 46 million fewer poor people). The long-run trends in global and regional poverty remain unchanged.
format	Working Paper
author	Atamanov, Aziz Lakner, Christoph Mahler, Daniel Gerszon Tetteh Baah, Samuel Kofi Yang, Judy
author_facet	Atamanov, Aziz Lakner, Christoph Mahler, Daniel Gerszon Tetteh Baah, Samuel Kofi Yang, Judy
author_sort	Atamanov, Aziz
title	The Effect of New PPP Estimates on Global Poverty : A First Look
title_short	The Effect of New PPP Estimates on Global Poverty : A First Look
title_full	The Effect of New PPP Estimates on Global Poverty : A First Look
title_fullStr	The Effect of New PPP Estimates on Global Poverty : A First Look
title_full_unstemmed	The Effect of New PPP Estimates on Global Poverty : A First Look
title_sort	effect of new ppp estimates on global poverty : a first look
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/191631589896884566/The-Effect-of-New-PPP-Estimates-on-Global-Poverty-A-First-Look http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33816
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