The Developing World is Poorer Than We Thought, but No Less Successful in the Fight Against Poverty

The Developing World is Poorer Than We Thought, but No Less Successful in the Fight Against Poverty

The paper presents a major overhaul to the World Bank's past estimates of global poverty, incorporating new and better data. Extreme poverty-as judged by what "poverty" means in the world's poorest countries-is found to be more...

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Main Authors:	Chen, Shaohua, Ravallion, Martin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE AGGREGATE POVERTY CHILD MORTALITY CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION GROWTH COUNTRY LEVEL COUNTRY SPECIFIC CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION DATA AVAILABILITY DATA ISSUES DATA SETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION ECONOMIC CONTRACTION ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPIRICAL RESULTS ESTIMATES OF POVERTY EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES FOOD BUNDLE FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PRICES FOOD STAPLES GLOBAL POVERTY GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEALTH CARE HIGH INFLATION HIGHER INEQUALITY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME SHOCKS INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INFLATION RATE INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MEASURING POVERTY MEAT MICRO DATA NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINES PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POORER REGIONS POPULATION SHARE POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RANKINGS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITATIVE COMPARISONS REAL INCOMES REGIONAL AUTHORITIES REGIONAL AVERAGE REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL POVERTY REGIONAL PROFILE RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY LINE RURAL POVERTY LINES SAVINGS SECTOR ACTIVITIES SHARP FALL TRANSITION ECONOMIES WELFARE INDICATOR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/11680409/developing-world-poorer-thought-no-less-successful-fight-against-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6322

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/11680409/developing-world-poorer-thought-no-less-successful-fight-against-poverty
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6322

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