Who are the poor in the developing world ? (English)

This paper presents a new demographic profile of extreme and moderate poverty, defined as those living on less than $1.90 and between $1.90 and $3.10 per day in 2013, based on household survey data from 89 developing countries. The face of poverty is primarily rural and young; 80 percent of the extreme poor and 75 percent of the moderate poor live in rural areas. Over 45 percent of the extreme poor are children younger than 15 years old, and nearly...

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Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres;

Doan,Thi Thuy Dung;

Newhouse,David Locke;

Nguyen,Minh Cong;

Uematsu,Hiroki;

Azevedo,Joao Pedro Wagner De;
Document Date
2016/10/02
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7844
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2016/10/02
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Disclosed
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Who are the poor in the developing world ?
Keywords
rural area

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Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres; Doan,Thi Thuy Dung; Newhouse,David Locke; Nguyen,Minh Cong; Uematsu,Hiroki; Azevedo,Joao Pedro Wagner De.

Who are the poor in the developing world ? (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7844 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/187011475416542282

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