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
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spelling okr-10986-70602021-04-23T14:02:33Z Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004 Chen, Shaohua Ravallion, Martin 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 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. 2012-06-04T20:51:26Z 2012-06-04T20:51:26Z 2007-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7540099/absolute-poverty-measures-developing-world-1981-2004 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7060 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4211 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Chen, Shaohua
Ravallion, Martin
Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4211
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Chen, Shaohua
Ravallion, Martin
author_facet Chen, Shaohua
Ravallion, Martin
author_sort Chen, Shaohua
title Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004
title_short Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004
title_full Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004
title_fullStr Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004
title_full_unstemmed Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004
title_sort absolute poverty measures for the developing world, 1981-2004
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url 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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