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The Developing World is Poorer Than We Thought, but No Less Successful in the Fight Against Poverty

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dc.contributor.authorChen, Shaohua
dc.contributor.authorRavallion, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-22T20:19:35Z
dc.date.available2012-05-22T20:19:35Z
dc.date.issued2008-08
dc.description.abstractThe paper presents a major overhaul to the World Bank's past estimates of global poverty, incorporating new and better data. Extreme poverty-as judged by what "poverty" means in the world's poorest countries-is found to be more pervasive than we thought. Yet the data also provide robust evidence of continually declining poverty incidence and depth since the early 1980s. For 2005 we estimate that 1.4 billion people, or one quarter of the population of the developing world, lived below our international line of $1.25 a day in 2005 prices; 25 years earlier there were 1.9 billion poor, or one half of the population. Progress was uneven across regions. The poverty rate in East Asia fell from almost 80 percent to under 20 percent over this period. By contrast it stayed at around 50 percent in Sub-Saharan Africa, though with signs of progress since the mid 1990s. Because of lags in survey data availability, these estimates do not yet reflect the sharp rise in food prices since 2005.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/11680409/developing-world-poorer-thought-no-less-successful-fight-against-poverty
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4703
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/6322
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4703
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subjectABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectAGGREGATE POVERTY
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectCONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION GROWTH
dc.subjectCOUNTRY LEVEL
dc.subjectCOUNTRY SPECIFIC
dc.subjectCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectDATA AVAILABILITY
dc.subjectDATA ISSUES
dc.subjectDATA SETS
dc.subjectDECLINE IN POVERTY
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONTRACTION
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL RESULTS
dc.subjectESTIMATES OF POVERTY
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATE
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
dc.subjectFOOD BUNDLE
dc.subjectFOOD POVERTY
dc.subjectFOOD POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectFOOD PRICES
dc.subjectFOOD STAPLES
dc.subjectGLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHIGH INFLATION
dc.subjectHIGHER INEQUALITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectINCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME SHOCKS
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subjectINFLATION RATE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMEASURING POVERTY
dc.subjectMEAT
dc.subjectMICRO DATA
dc.subjectNATIONAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPER CAPITA EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOORER REGIONS
dc.subjectPOPULATION SHARE
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY COMPARISONS
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP INDEX
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY PROFILE
dc.subjectPOVERTY RANKINGS
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPERS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subjectQUALITATIVE COMPARISONS
dc.subjectREAL INCOMES
dc.subjectREGIONAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subjectREGIONAL AVERAGE
dc.subjectREGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectREGIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectREGIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectREGIONAL PROFILE
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSECTOR ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectSHARP FALL
dc.subjectTRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATOR
dc.titleThe Developing World is Poorer Than We Thought, but No Less Successful in the Fight Against Povertyen
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okr.crossref.titleThe Developing World Is Poorer Than We Thought, But No Less Successful In The Fight Against Poverty
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okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/08/11680409/developing-world-poorer-thought-no-less-successful-fight-against-poverty
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.guid526541468262138892
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4703
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20100121133109
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum11680409
okr.identifier.reportWPS4703
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okr.topicServices and Transfers to Poor
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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