Comparing Approaches to Project COVID-19 Effects on Poverty

Comparing Approaches to Project COVID-19 Effects on Poverty

Different studies use different approaches to forecast how many people will fall into poverty due to the outbreak of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), with largely different results. Even when using the same growth forecasts and poverty lines, poverty p...

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Main Authors: Yoshida, Nobuo, Nguyen, Minh Cong, Uematsu, Hiroki, Wu, Haoyu, Mahler, Daniel Gerszon, Gupta, Dixita
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY AND EQUITY
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/770681596005192645/Comparing-Approaches-to-Project-COVID-19-Effects-on-Poverty
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spelling okr-10986-342652021-05-25T10:54:38Z Comparing Approaches to Project COVID-19 Effects on Poverty Yoshida, Nobuo Nguyen, Minh Cong Uematsu, Hiroki Wu, Haoyu Mahler, Daniel Gerszon Gupta, Dixita POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY AND EQUITY CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT Different studies use different approaches to forecast how many people will fall into poverty due to the outbreak of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), with largely different results. Even when using the same growth forecasts and poverty lines, poverty projections differ largely by approaches: one projects poverty to increase by around 400 million individuals, while another estimates as few as 49 million individuals will fall into poverty. This note compares approaches and how their specific methodological details lead to different estimates of poverty effects from the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020-07-31T14:36:07Z 2020-07-31T14:36:07Z 2020-07 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/770681596005192645/Comparing-Approaches-to-Project-COVID-19-Effects-on-Poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34265 English Poverty and Equity Notes;No. 28 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY AND EQUITY
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
spellingShingle POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY AND EQUITY
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
Yoshida, Nobuo
Nguyen, Minh Cong
Uematsu, Hiroki
Wu, Haoyu
Mahler, Daniel Gerszon
Gupta, Dixita
Comparing Approaches to Project COVID-19 Effects on Poverty
relation Poverty and Equity Notes;No. 28
description Different studies use different approaches to forecast how many people will fall into poverty due to the outbreak of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), with largely different results. Even when using the same growth forecasts and poverty lines, poverty projections differ largely by approaches: one projects poverty to increase by around 400 million individuals, while another estimates as few as 49 million individuals will fall into poverty. This note compares approaches and how their specific methodological details lead to different estimates of poverty effects from the COVID-19 pandemic.
format Brief
author Yoshida, Nobuo
Nguyen, Minh Cong
Uematsu, Hiroki
Wu, Haoyu
Mahler, Daniel Gerszon
Gupta, Dixita
author_facet Yoshida, Nobuo
Nguyen, Minh Cong
Uematsu, Hiroki
Wu, Haoyu
Mahler, Daniel Gerszon
Gupta, Dixita
author_sort Yoshida, Nobuo
title Comparing Approaches to Project COVID-19 Effects on Poverty
title_short Comparing Approaches to Project COVID-19 Effects on Poverty
title_full Comparing Approaches to Project COVID-19 Effects on Poverty
title_fullStr Comparing Approaches to Project COVID-19 Effects on Poverty
title_full_unstemmed Comparing Approaches to Project COVID-19 Effects on Poverty
title_sort comparing approaches to project covid-19 effects on poverty
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/770681596005192645/Comparing-Approaches-to-Project-COVID-19-Effects-on-Poverty
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34265
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