Poverty in MENA : Advances and Challenges

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Poverty in MENA : Advances and Challenges

dc.contributor.author	Serajuddin, Umar
dc.contributor.author	Vishwanath, Tara
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-13T13:15:27Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-13T13:15:27Z
dc.date.issued	2012-04
dc.description.abstract	On February 29, 2012, the World Bank released an updated dataset of internationally comparable poverty estimates. Poverty is assessed against two internationally comparable poverty lines: $1.25 and $2 a day per capita (measured using 2005 purchasing power parity exchange rates). The new global estimates indicate a significant reduction in the proportion of world population below the $1.25 per day per capita poverty line, from 43.1 percent to 22.4 percent between 1990 and 2008. On the other hand, the reduction in the number of poor people is less impressive, mainly on account of population growth during this period. As a result, the number of the poor in 2008 was still as high as 1.29 billion people, although it fell from 1.9 billion in 1990. Accuracy of estimates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will improve if data is collected more regularly by individual countries as well as shared more rapidly. On an encouraging note, in the recently released 2008 poverty numbers, three MENA countries and territories are included for the first time (namely, Iraq, Syria, and the West Bank and Gaza).	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16251111/poverty-mena-advances-challenges
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/10841
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10841
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series; No. 64
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	CARIBBEAN REGION
dc.subject	COUNTRY SPECIFIC
dc.subject	DATA AVAILABILITY
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC SHOCKS
dc.subject	EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject	EXTREME POVERTY
dc.subject	GLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD DATA
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES
dc.subject	LEARNING ACTIVITIES
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	POOR
dc.subject	POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject	POOR POPULATION
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	POVERTY COMPARISONS
dc.subject	POVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subject	POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	POVERTY LINES
dc.subject	POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subject	POVERTY RATES
dc.subject	PPP
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subject	SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION
dc.title	Poverty in MENA : Advances and Challenges	en
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okr.date.disclosure	2012-05-02
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-29T10:01:01.005769Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Brief
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16251111/poverty-mena-advances-challenges
okr.globalpractice	Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice	Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	000333037_20120502004802
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	16251111
okr.identifier.report	68272
okr.language.supported	en
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okr.region.administrative	Middle East and North Africa
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::ICT Applications
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Regional Economic Development
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.unit	Econ. Policy
okr.unit	Poverty & Gender (MNSED)
okr.volume	1 of 1
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