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Global Trends in Child Monetary Poverty According to International Poverty Lines

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dc.contributor.authorSalmeron Gomez, Daylan
dc.contributor.authorEngilbertsdottir, Solrun
dc.contributor.authorCuesta Leiva, Jose Antonio
dc.contributor.authorNewhouse, David
dc.contributor.authorStewart, David
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-19T14:36:57Z
dc.date.available2023-09-19T14:36:57Z
dc.date.issued2023-09-19
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes extreme child poverty ($2.15/day poverty line) trends, as well as child poverty based on the higher international poverty lines of $3.65 and $6.85. The paper provides a trajectory of extreme child poverty (children living in extremely poor households) from 2013 to 2019 (based on the most recent surveys included in the Global Monitoring Database), complemented by nowcasting for 2020 to 2022. Children continue to be disproportionately affected by extreme poverty. Children who are younger than 18 years comprise more than 50 percent of those living in extreme poverty, although their share of the population is 31 percent. The paper estimates that in 2019, 15.8 percent of children in the world (319 million) younger than 18 years lived on less than $2.15 (2017 purchasing power parity) per day, as opposed to 6.6 percent of adults ages 18 and older. More recent “nowcasted” estimates suggest that at least 333 million children were expected to be living in extremely poor households in 2022, implying that 14 million more children were extremely poor in 2022 than in 2019. Following an increase in extreme child poverty at the height of the pandemic in 2020, nowcasted estimates show that the rate of extreme child poverty fell again in 2021 and 2022, but only at the slow rate of progress seen prior to the COVID-19 crisis. If the COVID-19 pandemic had not occurred, an estimated 79.7 million fewer children would have been living in extreme poverty between 2013 and 2022; however, the estimates suggest that the number of children living in extreme poverty decreased by 49.2 million, due to pandemic disruptions.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099835007242399476/IDU0965118d1098b8048870ac0e0cb5aeb049f98
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10525
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40364
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10525
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectCHILDREN
dc.titleGlobal Trends in Child Monetary Poverty According to International Poverty Linesen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleGlobal Trends in Child Monetary Poverty According to International Poverty Lines
okr.date.disclosure2023-09-12
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okr.date.lastmodified2023-09-12T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099835007242399476/IDU0965118d1098b8048870ac0e0cb5aeb049f98
okr.guid099835007242399476
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-965118d1-98b8-4887-ac0e-cb5aeb049f98
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10525
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10525
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34122175
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34122175
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099835007242399476/pdf/IDU0965118d1098b8048870ac0e0cb5aeb049f98.pdfen
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.sectorCentral Government (Central Agencies)
okr.themeInclusive Growth,Data Development and Capacity Building,ICT,Economic Policy,ICT Solutions,Economic Growth and Planning,Private Sector Development,Public Sector Management,Data production, accessibility and use
okr.topicGender::Gender and Poverty
okr.topicSocial Development::Children and Youth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Lines
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.unitData Analytics and Tools (DECAT)
okr.unitEFI-Poverty and Equity-GE (EPVGE)
okr.unitSocial Global Director (SSIDR)
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