Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004

The authors report new estimates of measures of absolute poverty for the developing world over 1981-2004. A clear trend decline in the percentage of people who are absolutely poor is evident, although with uneven progress across regions. They find...

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Main Authors: Chen, Shaohua, Ravallion, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7540099/absolute-poverty-measures-developing-world-1981-2004
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7060