Chen, ShaohuaRavallion, Martin2014-08-272014-08-272000-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19795Drawing on data from 265 national sample surveys spanning 83 countries, the authors find that there was a net decrease in the total incidence of consumption poverty between 1987 and 1998. But it was not enough to reduce the total number of poor people, by various definitions. The incidence of poverty fell in Asia and the Middle East and North Africa, changed little in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, and rose in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The two main proximate causes of the disappointing rate of poverty reduction: too little economic growth in many of the poorest countries, and persistent inequalities (in both income and other essential measures) that kept the poor from participating in the growth that did occur.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYANNUAL RATEAVERAGE CONSUMPTIONAVERAGE POVERTYCAPITA GROWTHCONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTIONCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCONSUMPTION GROWTHCONSUMPTION POVERTYCOUNTRY LEVELCPIDATA SETDATA SETSDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEDEVELOPMENT REPORTDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHDISTRIBUTIONAL DATAECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC PERSPECTIVESECONOMIC REVIEWECONOMICSECONOMICS LETTERSELASTICITIESELASTICITYERROR TERMEXCHANGE RATEEXCHANGE RATESGINI INDEXGROWTH PRO-POORGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESHEADCOUNT INDEXHIGH GROWTHHIGH INEQUALITYHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDSHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINCOME COUNTRIESINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME DISTRIBUTIONSINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME MEANINCOME STUDYINCOMESINDIVIDUAL COUNTRIESINEQUALITYINEQUALITY FALLSINEQUALITY MEASURESINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINELIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENTLIVING STANDARDS MEASUREMENT STUDYLOCAL CURRENCYLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMEAN CONSUMPTIONMEAN DISTANCEMEAN INCOMEMEASURING POVERTYMEDIAN POVERTYMEMBER COUNTRIESMICRO DATANATIONAL ACCOUNTSNATIONAL SURVEYSNON-INCOME DIMENSIONSPER CAPITA EXPENDITUREPER CAPITA GROWTHPER CAPITA GROWTH RATEPERSONAL INCOMEPOLICY ISSUESPOLICY RESEARCHPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR PEOPLEPOOR PERSONPOVERTY ASSESSMENTSPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY GAP INDEXPOVERTY HEADCOUNTPOVERTY IMPACTPOVERTY INCIDENCEPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIVATE CONSUMPTIONPRO-POORPRO-POOR GROWTHPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYQUALITY GROWTHREDUCING POVERTYREGIONAL DIFFERENCESREGIONAL LEVELRELATIVE POVERTYRISINGRISING INEQUALITYSAMPLE SURVEYSSAVING RATESECONDARY SOURCESSOCIAL EXCLUSIONTRANSITION ECONOMIESWELFARE IMPACTWELFARE INDICATORSWORLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION10.1596/1813-9450-2409