Is extreme poverty going to end ? an analytical framework to evaluate progress in ending extreme poverty (English)

The World Bank has recently adopted a target of reducing the proportion of population living below US$1.25 a day at 2005 international prices to 3 percent by 2030. This paper reviews different projection methods and estimates the global poverty rate of 2030 modifying Ravallion (2013)'s approach in that it introduces country-specific economic and population growth rates and takes into account the effect of changes in within-country inequality. This...

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Sobrado,Carlos E.;

Uematsu,Hiroki;

Yoshida,Nobuo;
Document Date
2014/01/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6740
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2014/01/01
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Disclosed
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Is extreme poverty going to end ? an analytical framework to evaluate progress in ending extreme poverty
Keywords
global poverty

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Sobrado,Carlos E.; Uematsu,Hiroki; Yoshida,Nobuo.

Is extreme poverty going to end ? an analytical framework to evaluate progress in ending extreme poverty (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6740 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/733451468167943557

Is extreme poverty going to end ? an analytical framework to evaluate progress in ending extreme poverty (English)

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