Who is Not Poor? Dreaming of a World Truly Free of Poverty

Who is Not Poor? Dreaming of a World Truly Free of Poverty

When the World Bank dreams of 'a world free of poverty,' what should it be dreaming? In measuring global income or consumption expenditure poverty, the World Bank has widely adopted the $1 a day standard as a lower bound. Because this sta...

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Main Author:	Pritchett, Lant
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2013
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE ABSOLUTE TERMS AVERAGE INCOMES CHILD MORTALITY CONSUMPTION BASKET CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT REPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC STUDIES ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EXTREME POVERTY FOOD BASKET FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD SHARE GLOBAL LEVEL GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL POVERTY GROWTH PRO-POOR GROWTH RATES HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEALTH CARE HIGH GROWTH HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME GAINS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFORMAL ECONOMY LIVING STANDARDS LOG NORMAL MALNUTRITION MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOMES MEAT NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINE NATIONAL POVERTY LINES PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DEBATE POLICY OBJECTIVE POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR PEOPLE POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY DEBATE POVERTY GAP POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASURE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRO-POOR PUBLIC POLICY REDUCED POVERTY REGIONAL AGGREGATES REGIONAL POVERTY RICH COUNTRIES RURAL RURAL AREAS SCHOOLING SQUARED POVERTY GAP STANDARD DEVIATION TARGETED TRANSFERS UNEMPLOYMENT VEGETABLES WORLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/17591329/not-poor-dreaming-world-truly-free-poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16399

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/17591329/not-poor-dreaming-world-truly-free-poverty
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16399

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