Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018 : Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle

The World Bank Group has two overarching goals: End extreme poverty by 2030 and promote shared prosperity by boosting the incomes of the bottom 40 percent of the population in each economy. As this year’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity report documents, the world continues to make progress toward...

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Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2018
Subjects:	POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION SHARED PROSPERITY INCLUSIVE GROWTH DEPRIVATION INEQUALITY GENDER EXTREME POVERTY POVERTY LINE MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY POVERTY INDEX POOR CHILDREN POOR WOMEN INTRAHOUSEHOLD RESOURCE SHARE
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spelling	okr-10986-304182021-04-23T14:04:57Z Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018 : Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle World Bank POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION SHARED PROSPERITY INCLUSIVE GROWTH DEPRIVATION INEQUALITY GENDER EXTREME POVERTY POVERTY LINE MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY POVERTY INDEX POOR CHILDREN POOR WOMEN INTRAHOUSEHOLD RESOURCE SHARE The World Bank Group has two overarching goals: End extreme poverty by 2030 and promote shared prosperity by boosting the incomes of the bottom 40 percent of the population in each economy. As this year’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity report documents, the world continues to make progress toward these goals. In 2015, approximately one-tenth of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty, and the incomes of the bottom 40 percent rose in 77 percent of economies studied. But success cannot be taken for granted. Poverty remains high in Sub- Saharan Africa, as well as in fragile and conflict-affected states. At the same time, most of the world’s poor now live in middle-income countries, which tend to have higher national poverty lines. This year’s report tracks poverty comparisons at two higher poverty thresholds—$3.20 and $5.50 per day—which are typical of standards in lower- and upper-middle-income countries. In addition, the report introduces a societal poverty line based on each economy’s median income or consumption. Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018: Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle also recognizes that poverty is not only about income and consumption—and it introduces a multidimensional poverty measure that adds other factors, such as access to education, electricity, drinking water, and sanitation. It also explores how inequality within households could affect the global profile of the poor. All these additional pieces enrich our understanding of the poverty puzzle, bringing us closer to solving it. For more information, please visit worldbank.org/PSP 2018-09-13T20:40:48Z 2018-09-13T20:40:48Z 2018-10-17 Book https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/104451542202552048/poverty-and-shared-prosperity-2018-piecing-together-the-poverty-puzzle 978-1-4648-1330-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30418 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication
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description	The World Bank Group has two overarching goals: End extreme poverty by 2030 and promote shared prosperity by boosting the incomes of the bottom 40 percent of the population in each economy. As this year’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity report documents, the world continues to make progress toward these goals. In 2015, approximately one-tenth of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty, and the incomes of the bottom 40 percent rose in 77 percent of economies studied. But success cannot be taken for granted. Poverty remains high in Sub- Saharan Africa, as well as in fragile and conflict-affected states. At the same time, most of the world’s poor now live in middle-income countries, which tend to have higher national poverty lines. This year’s report tracks poverty comparisons at two higher poverty thresholds—$3.20 and $5.50 per day—which are typical of standards in lower- and upper-middle-income countries. In addition, the report introduces a societal poverty line based on each economy’s median income or consumption. Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018: Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle also recognizes that poverty is not only about income and consumption—and it introduces a multidimensional poverty measure that adds other factors, such as access to education, electricity, drinking water, and sanitation. It also explores how inequality within households could affect the global profile of the poor. All these additional pieces enrich our understanding of the poverty puzzle, bringing us closer to solving it. For more information, please visit worldbank.org/PSP
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title	Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018 : Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle
title_short	Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2018 : Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle
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