Twinning the goals : how can promoting shared prosperity help to reduce global poverty ? (English)

In 2013, the World Bank adopted two goals: First, reduce global extreme poverty to 3 percent by 2030. Second, promote shared prosperity defined as the income growth of the bottom 40 percent of the population within a country. This paper simulates the global poverty headcount under three growth scenarios for the bottom 40 percent up to 2030. The analysis deploys a set of "shared prosperity premiums," in which the bottom 40 percent in each country grows...

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Lakner,Christoph;

Negre Rossignoli,Mario;

Prydz,Espen Beer;
Document Date
2014/11/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7106
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2014/11/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Twinning the goals : how can promoting shared prosperity help to reduce global poverty ?
Keywords
global poverty

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Lakner,Christoph; Negre Rossignoli,Mario; Prydz,Espen Beer.

Twinning the goals : how can promoting shared prosperity help to reduce global poverty ? (English). Paper is funded by the Strategic Research Program (SRP)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7106 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/816921468339602084

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