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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
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000016406_20070416104010
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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