Assessing the Impact of the 2017 PPPs on the International Poverty Line and Global Poverty
Purchasing power parity exchange rates (PPPs) are used to estimate the international poverty line (IPL) in a common currency and account for relative price differences across countries when measuring global poverty. This paper assesses the impact of the 2017 PPPs on the nominal value of the IPL and...
Main Authors: | Jolliffe, Dean Mitchell, Mahler, Daniel Gerszon, Lakner, Christoph, Atamanov, Aziz, Tetteh Baah, Samuel Kofi |
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Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2022
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/353811645450974574/Assessing-the-Impact-of-the-2017-PPPs-on-the-International-Poverty-Line-and-Global-Poverty http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37061 |
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