Comment on 'Counting the World's Poor' by Angus Deaton

Comment on 'Counting the World's Poor' by Angus Deaton

This issue provides a usefully critical discussion of the current methods used by the World Bank for measuring poverty. The author will not address all the points raised by Deaton- avoiding those on which the author thinks there is broad agreement...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ravallion, Martin
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:
ABSOLUTE POVERTY
AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
CONSUMPTION MEASURE
COUNTRY LEVEL
DATA SET
DECREASING FUNCTION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING WORLD
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DEVELOPMENT REPORT
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REVIEW
EXCHANGE RATES
GLOBAL POVERTY
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH RATES
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME
INCOME COMPONENTS
INEQUALITY
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MEAN CONSUMPTION
MEASUREMENT ERRORS
MEASURING POVERTY
MICRO DATA
NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINES
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POVERTY COMPARISONS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY MEASURE
POVERTY MEASUREMENT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY MONITORING
POVERTY MONITORING EFFORTS
POVERTY REDUCTION
POWER PARITY
PRIVATE CONSUMPTION
PRO-POOR
PRO-POOR GROWTH
REDUCED POVERTY
REDUCING POVERTY
REDUCTION IN POVERTY
REGIONAL COMPOSITION
RURAL POOR
TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/17580176/comment-counting-world s-poor-angus-deaton
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17133

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/09/17580176/comment-counting-world s-poor-angus-deaton
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17133

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