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
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE TERMS AGGREGATE POVERTY AGRARIAN REFORMS ANNUAL GROWTH BASIC NEEDS CHILD MORTALITY CONSUMPTION DATA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA COUNTRY LEVEL DATA SETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WORLD DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC TRANSITION ECONOMICS EXCHANGE RATES EXTREME POVERTY FARMERS FEWER PEOPLE FOOD BUNDLE FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD GOODS FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE GLOBAL POVERTY GROWTH MODEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INFANT INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MEAN INCOME MEASURING POVERTY MIGRANTS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS NATIONAL ACCOUNTS NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE POINT DECLINE POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR COUNTRIES POOR LIVING POOR PEOPLE POPULATION DATA POPULATION DIVISION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATES POPULATION SHIFT POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY COMPARISONS POVERTY GAP POVERTY GAP INDEX POVERTY LINES POVERTY MEASUREMENT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REDUCING POVERTY REDUCTION IN POVERTY RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RELATIVE PRICES RESPECT RICHER COUNTRIES RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HEADCOUNT RURAL HEADCOUNT INDEX RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY INCIDENCE RURAL POVERTY LINE RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL PRICES RURAL SECTORS SHARP REDUCTION SOCIAL AFFAIRS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TAXATION TOTAL POVERTY TRANSITION PROCESS URBAN AREAS URBAN GROWTH URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBAN POVERTY URBANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7540099/absolute-poverty-measures-developing-world-1981-2004 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7060

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Summary:	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 more mixed success in reducing the total number of poor. Indeed, the developing world outside China has seen little or no sustained progress in reducing the number of poor, with rising poverty counts in some regions, notably Sub-Saharan Africa. There are encouraging signs of progress in reducing the incidence of poverty in all regions after 2000, although it is too early to say if this is a new trend.

Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004

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