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  • October 2024 Update to the Global Database of Shared Prosperity : What's New (English)

    This note introduces the 14th edition of the Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP). Shared prosperity, a key indicator of inclusive growth, is measured as the annualized growth rate in per capita...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 194234 Document Date: October 21, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Carlos Sabatino,Carolina Diaz-Bonilla,Danielle Victoria Aron,Cameron Nadim Haddad,Minh Cong Nguyen,Haoyu Wu

  • October 2024 Update to the Multidimensional Poverty Measure : What’s New (English)

    This note presents the 8th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, drawing on the latest country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of October 2024...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 194235 Document Date: October 21, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Carolina Diaz-Bonilla,Carlos Sabatino,Danielle Victoria Aron,Cameron Nadim Haddad,Minh Cong Nguyen,Haoyu Wu

  • September 2024 Update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) : What’s New (English)

    The September 2024 update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) introduces several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. This document details these changes and the methodological...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 193585 Document Date: September 18, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Danielle Victoria Aron,R.Andres Castaneda Aguilar,Carolina Diaz-Bonilla,Tony Henri Mathias Jany Fujs,Diana Carolina Garcia Rojas,Ruth Hill,Ma Llane Loren Torres Jularbal,Christoph Lakner,Gabriel Lara Ibarra,Daniel Gerszon Mahler,Minh Cong Nguyen

  • How Improved Household Surveys Influence National and International Poverty Rates (English)

    To effectively address poverty, it is essential that countries have the tools and means to accurately measure people’s living standards. Most countries rely on data collected from household surveys to...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 193440 Document Date: September 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Daniel Gerszon Mahler,Elizabeth Mary Foster,Samuel Kofi Tetteh Baah

  • April 2024 Update to the Global Database of Shared Prosperity : What’s New (English)

    This note introduces the 13th edition of the Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP). Shared prosperity is the growth in per capita household income or consumption of the poorest 40 percent of the...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 191860 Document Date: June 25, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Carlos Sabatino,Carolina Diaz-Bonilla,Danielle Victoria Aron,Cameron Nadim Haddad,Minh Cong Nguyen,Haoyu Wu

  • April 2024 Update to the Multidimensional Poverty Measure : What’s New (English)

    This note presents the 7th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, based on country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of April 2024. The MPM captures...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 191861 Document Date: June 25, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Carolina Diaz-Bonilla,Carlos Sabatino,Danielle Victoria Aron,Cameron Nadim Haddad,Minh Cong Nguyen,Haoyu Wu

  • Changes to the Extrapolation Method for Global Poverty Estimation (English)

    This technical note summarizes changes to how the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) lines up survey-based estimates of poverty to a common reference year. The prior line-up method assumed that welfare...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 188330 Document Date: March 27, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Newhouse,David Locke

  • March 2024 Update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) : What’s New (English)

    The March 2024 update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) involves several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. In particular, some welfare aggregates have been revised...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 188600 Document Date: March 2, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • November 2023 Update to the Multidimensional Poverty Measure - What’s New (English)

    This note presents the 6th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, based on country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of November 2023. The MPM captures...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 186518 Document Date: December 15, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Aron,Danielle Victoria,Haddad,Cameron Nadim,Sabatino Gonzalez,Carlos Gerardo,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Wu,Haoyu

  • November 2023 Update to the Global Database of Shared Prosperity - What’s New (English)

    This note introduces the 12th edition of the Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP). Shared prosperity, defined as the growth in per capita household income or consumption of the poorest 40 percent...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 186517 Document Date: December 15, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sabatino Gonzalez,Carlos Gerardo,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Aron,Danielle Victoria,Haddad,Cameron Nadim,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Wu,Haoyu

  • September 2023 Update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) - What's New (English)

    The September 2023 update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) involves several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. In particular, some welfare aggregates have been revised...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 184889 Document Date: September 15, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Aron,Danielle Victoria,R.Andres Castaneda Aguilar,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Maria Gabriela Farfan Betran,Foster,Elizabeth Mary,Fujs,Tony Henri Mathias Jany,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Krishnan,Nandini,Lakner,Christoph,Lara Ibarra,Gabriel,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon

  • April 2023 Update to the Multidimensional Poverty Measure : What’s New (English)

    This note presents the 5th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, based on country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of April 2023. The MPM captures...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 182289 Document Date: May 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Sabatino Gonzalez,Carlos Gerardo,Wu,Haoyu,Nguyen,Minh Cong

  • April 2023 Update to the Global Database of Shared Prosperity : What’s New (English)

    This note introduces the 11th edition of the Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP). Shared prosperity, defined as the growth in per capita household income or consumption of the poorest 40 percent...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 182288 Document Date: May 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sabatino Gonzalez,Carlos Gerardo,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Wu,Haoyu

  • March 2023 Update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) : What’s New (English)

    The March 2023 update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) involves several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. In particular, some welfare aggregates have been revised...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 181012 Document Date: March 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: R.Andres Castaneda Aguilar,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Fujs,Tony Henri Mathias Jany,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Kotikula,Aphichoke,Lakner,Christoph,Lara Ibarra,Gabriel,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Montalva Talledo,Veronica Sonia,Nguyen,Minh Cong

  • September 2022 Update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) : What’s New (English)

    The September 2022 update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) involves two changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. First, this update adopts the 2017 Purchasing Power Parities...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 175886 Document Date: March 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: R.Andres Castaneda Aguilar,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Fujs,Tony Henri Mathias Jany,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Lakner,Christoph,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Schoch,Marta,Tetteh Baah,Samuel Kofi,Viveros Mendoza,Martha Celmira

  • October 2022 Update to the Global Database of Shared Prosperity : What’s New (English)

    The October 2022 update introduces the 10th edition of the Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP). Shared prosperity, defined as the growth in per capita household income or consumption of the poorest...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 177271 Document Date: October 21, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sabatino Gonzalez,Carlos Gerardo,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Wu,Haoyu

  • October 2022 Update to the Multidimensional Poverty Measure : What’s New (English)

    The October 2022 update presents the 4th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM), based on updates to the Global Monitoring Database (GMD). The MPM is an index that captures...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 177272 Document Date: September 30, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Sabatino Gonzalez,Carlos Gerardo,Wu,Haoyu,Nguyen,Minh Cong

  • April 2022 Update to the Multidimensional Poverty Measure : What’s New (English)

    The April 2022 update presents the 3rd edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM), based on updates to the Global Monitoring Database (GMD). The MPM is an index that captures the...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 171153 Document Date: April 30, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Sabatino Gonzalez,Carlos Gerardo