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New Evidence on the Urbanization of Global Poverty

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dc.contributor.authorSangraula, Prem
dc.contributor.authorRavallion, Martin
dc.contributor.authorChen, Shaohua
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-06T17:44:32Z
dc.date.available2012-06-06T17:44:32Z
dc.date.issued2007-04
dc.description.abstractThe authors provide new evidence on the extent to which absolute poverty has urbanized in the developing world, and the role that population urbanization has played in overall poverty reduction. They find that one-quarter of the world's consumption poor live in urban areas and that the proportion has been rising over time. By fostering economic growth, urbanization helped reduce absolute poverty in the aggregate but did little for urban poverty. Over 1993-2002, the count of the "$1 a day" poor fell by 150 million in rural areas but rose by 50 million in urban areas. The poor have been urbanizing even more rapidly than the population as a whole. Looking forward, the recent pace of urbanization and current forecasts for urban population growth imply that a majority of the poor will still live in rural areas for many decades to come. There are marked regional differences: Latin America has the most urbanized poverty problem, East Asia has the least; there has been a "ruralization" of poverty in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; in marked contrast to other regions, Africa's urbanization process has not been associated with falling overall poverty.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/8178686/new-evidence-urbanization-global-poverty
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4199
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/7277
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4199
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subjectAGGREGATE POVERTY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectBASIC NEEDS
dc.subjectCHANGES IN POVERTY
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectCITIES
dc.subjectCITIZENS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectCOUNTRY DATA
dc.subjectCOUNTRY LEVEL
dc.subjectCUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectDATA SETS
dc.subjectDECOMPOSABLE POVERTY
dc.subjectDECOMPOSABLE POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPING REGIONS
dc.subjectDEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION DATA
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ACTIVITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC INEQUALITY
dc.subjectECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectECONOMIC TRANSITION
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL RESULTS
dc.subjectERROR TERM
dc.subjectESTIMATED COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectESTIMATED ELASTICITY
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectFIXED EFFECTS
dc.subjectFOOD BUNDLE
dc.subjectFOOD GOODS
dc.subjectFOOD POLICY
dc.subjectFOOD POVERTY
dc.subjectFOOD POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectGLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subjectGROWTH ELASTICITY
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectGROWTH RATES
dc.subjectHIGHER INEQUALITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY WILL
dc.subjectINFANT
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY
dc.subjectINFANT MORTALITY RATES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLEVEL OF POVERTY
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectLOCAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectLOW SHARE
dc.subjectLOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subjectMEAN INCOME
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
dc.subjectMEASURING POVERTY
dc.subjectMICRO DATA
dc.subjectMIGRANT
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectMIGRATION PROCESS
dc.subjectNATIONAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectNATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject0 HYPOTHESIS
dc.subjectNUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subjectPACE OF URBANIZATION
dc.subjectPER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPOINT DECLINE
dc.subjectPOLICY ISSUES
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOOR LIVING
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPOPULATION DATA
dc.subjectPOPULATION DIVISION
dc.subjectPOPULATION DYNAMICS
dc.subjectPOPULATION FORECASTS
dc.subjectPOPULATION SHARE
dc.subjectPOPULATION SHIFT
dc.subjectPOPULATION SHIFTS
dc.subjectPOPULATION SIZE
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENT
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 RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPROGRESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subjectRATE OF GROWTH
dc.subjectREDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subjectRELATIVE IMPORTANCE
dc.subjectRELATIVE PRICES
dc.subjectREMITTANCES
dc.subjectRESPECT
dc.subjectRICHER COUNTRIES
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL CONSUMERS
dc.subjectRURAL GROWTH
dc.subjectRURAL HEADCOUNT
dc.subjectRURAL HEADCOUNT INDEX
dc.subjectRURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectRURAL LABOR
dc.subjectRURAL MIGRANTS
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectRURAL POPULATION
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY RATE
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY RATES
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectRURAL RESIDENTS
dc.subjectRURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectRURAL SECTORS
dc.subjectRURAL WORKERS
dc.subjectSOCIAL AFFAIRS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectSUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subjectTOTAL POVERTY
dc.subjectTRANSITION PROCESS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN GROWTH
dc.subjectURBAN POOR
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATION
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATION DYNAMICS
dc.subjectURBAN POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectURBAN POVERTY
dc.subjectURBAN POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectURBAN RESIDENTS
dc.subjectURBAN SECTOR
dc.subjectURBAN TRANSITION
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectURBANIZATION OF POVERTY
dc.subjectURBANIZATION PROCESS
dc.subjectURBANIZED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATOR
dc.subjectWELFARE MEASURE
dc.subjectWORLD POPULATION
dc.titleNew Evidence on the Urbanization of Global Povertyen
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okr.crossref.titleNew Evidence On The Urbanization Of Global Poverty
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okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid371511468314708097
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4199
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okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topicUrban Development::City Development Strategies
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Population Policies
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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