Publication: September 2020 PovcalNet Update: What’s New
Date
2020-09
ISSN
Published
2020-09
Author(s)
Castaneda Aguilar, R. Andres
Fujs, Tony
Gerszon Mahler, Daniel
Nguyen, Minh C.
Schoch, Marta
Vargas Mogollon, David L.
Viveros Mendoza, Martha C.
Baah, Samuel Kofi Tetteh
Abstract
The September 2020 update to PovcalNet
mainly involves the adoption of the revised 2011 PPPs for
the estimation of global poverty. In addition, the coverage
rules for reporting regional and global poverty aggregates
have been reviewed, resulting in small adjustments.
Historical regional and global aggregates are now reported
with an annual frequency instead of intervals with varying
lengths. Only two surveys have been added and some welfare
aggregates have been revised compared with the March 2020
update. National accounts and population input data have
been updated. This document explains these changes and the
rationale behind them in detail. The data and associated
estimates are used for the analysis of global poverty in the
forthcoming Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report 2020.
Link to Data Set
Citation
“Castaneda Aguilar, R. Andres; Fujs, Tony; Jolliffe, Dean; Lakner, Christoph; Gerszon Mahler, Daniel; Nguyen, Minh C.; Schoch, Marta; Vargas Mogollon, David L.; Viveros Mendoza, Martha C.; Baah, Samuel Kofi Tetteh; Yonzan, Nishant; Yoshida, Nobuo. 2020. September 2020 PovcalNet Update: What’s New. Global Poverty Monitoring Technical Note;No. 14. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34451 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”