Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004

Chen, Shaohua; Ravallion, Martin

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-4211

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Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004

dc.contributor.author	Chen, Shaohua
dc.contributor.author	Ravallion, Martin
dc.date.accessioned	2012-06-04T20:51:26Z
dc.date.available	2012-06-04T20:51:26Z
dc.date.issued	2007-04
dc.description.abstract	The authors report new estimates of measures of absolute poverty for the developing world over 1981-2004. A clear trend decline in the percentage of people who are absolutely poor is evident, although with uneven progress across regions. They find more mixed success in reducing the total number of poor. Indeed, the developing world outside China has seen little or no sustained progress in reducing the number of poor, with rising poverty counts in some regions, notably Sub-Saharan Africa. There are encouraging signs of progress in reducing the incidence of poverty in all regions after 2000, although it is too early to say if this is a new trend.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7540099/absolute-poverty-measures-developing-world-1981-2004
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7060
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4211
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	ABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subject	ABSOLUTE TERMS
dc.subject	AGGREGATE POVERTY
dc.subject	AGRARIAN REFORMS
dc.subject	ANNUAL GROWTH
dc.subject	BASIC NEEDS
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION DATA
dc.subject	CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
dc.subject	COUNTRY LEVEL
dc.subject	DATA SETS
dc.subject	DECLINE IN POVERTY
dc.subject	DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPING WORLD
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT REPORT
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subject	ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
dc.subject	ECONOMIC TRANSITION
dc.subject	ECONOMICS
dc.subject	EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject	EXTREME POVERTY
dc.subject	FARMERS
dc.subject	FEWER PEOPLE
dc.subject	FOOD BUNDLE
dc.subject	FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	FOOD GOODS
dc.subject	FOOD POVERTY
dc.subject	FOOD POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	GLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subject	GROWTH MODEL
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject	INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subject	INFANT
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MEAN INCOME
dc.subject	MEASURING POVERTY
dc.subject	MIGRANTS
dc.subject	MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject	NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
dc.subject	NUMBER OF PEOPLE
dc.subject	PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	POINT DECLINE
dc.subject	POLICY REFORMS
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POOR
dc.subject	POOR COUNTRIES
dc.subject	POOR LIVING
dc.subject	POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject	POPULATION DATA
dc.subject	POPULATION DIVISION
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH RATES
dc.subject	POPULATION SHIFT
dc.subject	POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
dc.subject	POVERTY COMPARISONS
dc.subject	POVERTY GAP
dc.subject	POVERTY GAP INDEX
dc.subject	POVERTY LINES
dc.subject	POVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subject	POVERTY MEASURES
dc.subject	POVERTY RATES
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER
dc.subject	PURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subject	REDUCING POVERTY
dc.subject	REDUCTION IN POVERTY
dc.subject	RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
dc.subject	RELATIVE PRICES
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RICHER COUNTRIES
dc.subject	RURAL
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL HEADCOUNT
dc.subject	RURAL HEADCOUNT INDEX
dc.subject	RURAL POOR
dc.subject	RURAL POPULATION
dc.subject	RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject	RURAL POVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subject	RURAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subject	RURAL POVERTY RATE
dc.subject	RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	RURAL PRICES
dc.subject	RURAL SECTORS
dc.subject	SHARP REDUCTION
dc.subject	SOCIAL AFFAIRS
dc.subject	SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subject	TAXATION
dc.subject	TOTAL POVERTY
dc.subject	TRANSITION PROCESS
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN GROWTH
dc.subject	URBAN POOR
dc.subject	URBAN POPULATION
dc.subject	URBAN POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	URBAN POVERTY
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.title	Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004	en
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okr.doctype	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/04/7540099/absolute-poverty-measures-developing-world-1981-2004
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.globalpractice	Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-4211
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	7540099
okr.identifier.report	WPS4211
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okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Achieving Shared Growth
okr.topic	Services and Transfers to Poor
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction :: Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population :: Population Policies
okr.unit	Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume	1 of 1
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