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Counting the World's Poor : Problems and Possible Solutions

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dc.contributor.authorDeaton, Angus
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-20T22:30:44Z
dc.date.available2014-02-20T22:30:44Z
dc.date.issued2001-10
dc.description.abstractAs recent discussions have made clear, the apparent lack of poverty reduction in the face of historically high rates of economic growth-both in the world as a whole and in specific countries (most notably India)-provides fuel for the argument that economic growth does little to reduce poverty. How confident can we be that the data actually support these inferences? At the international level, the regular revision of purchasing power parity exchange rates plays havoc with the poverty estimates, changing them in ways that have little or nothing to do with the actual experience of the poor. At the domestic level, the problems in measuring poverty are important not only for the world count but also for tracking income poverty within individual countries. Yet, in many countries, there are large and growing discrepancies between the survey data-the source of poverty counts-and the national accounts-the source of the measure of economic growth. Thus economic growth, as measured, has at best a weak relationship with poverty, as measured.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17591986/counting-worlds-poor-problems-possible-solutions
dc.identifier.citationWorld Bank Research Observer
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/17125
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17125
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Research Observer
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LABORERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectANTIPOVERTY POLICIES
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOMES
dc.subjectCALORIES PER PERSON
dc.subjectCALORIES PER PERSON PER DAY
dc.subjectCHANGES IN POVERTY
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION GROWTH
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION POVERTY
dc.subjectCURRENT POVERTY
dc.subjectDECLINE IN POVERTY
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subjectDIMENSIONS OF POVERTY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectELIMINATION OF POVERTY
dc.subjectESTIMATES OF POVERTY
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectFOOD AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectFOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectFOOD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFOOD SHARE
dc.subjectFOOD STAPLES
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectHEADCOUNT RATIO
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
dc.subjectINCIDENCE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DATA
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME GROWTH
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINCOME POVERTY
dc.subjectINCREASING INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLONG RUN
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMARGINAL PROPENSITY
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
dc.subjectMEASURING POVERTY
dc.subjectNATIONAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPER CAPITA EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectPER CAPITA GROWTH
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOINT ESTIMATE
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLITICAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOORER HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY PROFILE
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPROMOTING GROWTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectPUBLIC EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectRAPID GROWTH
dc.subjectREDUCED POVERTY
dc.subjectREDUCTION OF POVERTY
dc.subjectREGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectRELATIVE PRICES
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectRURAL PEOPLE
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY RATES
dc.subjectSCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subjectSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
dc.subjectSUBSISTENCE
dc.subjectTRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subjectURBAN POVERTY
dc.subjectURBAN WORKERS
dc.titleCounting the World's Poor : Problems and Possible Solutionsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.date.disclosure2013-04-17
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T11:34:31.643681Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17591986/counting-worlds-poor-problems-possible-solutions
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum17591986
okr.identifier.report76664
okr.journal.nbpages125-147
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okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Monitoring and Analysis
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume16(2)
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