Chen, ShaohuaRavallion, Martin2012-06-042012-06-042007-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7060The 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOABSOLUTE POVERTYABSOLUTE TERMSAGGREGATE POVERTYAGRARIAN REFORMSANNUAL GROWTHBASIC NEEDSCHILD MORTALITYCONSUMPTION DATACONSUMPTION PER CAPITACOUNTRY LEVELDATA SETSDECLINE IN POVERTYDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING WORLDDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT INDICATORSDEVELOPMENT REPORTDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHECONOMIC INEQUALITYECONOMIC TRANSITIONECONOMICSEXCHANGE RATESEXTREME POVERTYFARMERSFEWER PEOPLEFOOD BUNDLEFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD GOODSFOOD POVERTYFOOD POVERTY LINEGLOBAL POVERTYGROWTH MODELHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHOUSEHOLD WELFAREINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINEQUALITYINEQUALITY MEASURESINFANTINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINEINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINESLIVING STANDARDSLOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMEAN INCOMEMEASURING POVERTYMIGRANTSMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSNATIONAL ACCOUNTSNUMBER OF PEOPLEPER CAPITA CONSUMPTIONPER CAPITA EXPENDITUREPOINT DECLINEPOLICY REFORMSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOORPOOR COUNTRIESPOOR LIVINGPOOR PEOPLEPOPULATION DATAPOPULATION DIVISIONPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION GROWTH RATESPOPULATION SHIFTPOVERTY ASSESSMENTSPOVERTY COMPARISONSPOVERTY GAPPOVERTY GAP INDEXPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPROGRESSPUBLIC SERVICESPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYREDUCING POVERTYREDUCTION IN POVERTYRELATIVE IMPORTANCERELATIVE PRICESRESPECTRICHER COUNTRIESRURALRURAL AREASRURAL HEADCOUNTRURAL HEADCOUNT INDEXRURAL POORRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYRURAL POVERTY INCIDENCERURAL POVERTY LINERURAL POVERTY RATERURAL POVERTY REDUCTIONRURAL PRICESRURAL SECTORSSHARP REDUCTIONSOCIAL AFFAIRSSUB-SAHARAN AFRICATAXATIONTOTAL POVERTYTRANSITION PROCESSURBAN AREASURBAN GROWTHURBAN POORURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POPULATION GROWTHURBAN POVERTYURBANIZATIONWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4211