Estimates of the number of people living in extreme poverty, as reported by the World Bank, figure prominently in international development dialogue and policy. An assumption underpinning these poverty counts is that there are no economies of scale in household size—a family of six needs three times as much as a family of two. This paper examines the sensitivity of global estimates of extreme poverty to changing this assumption. The analysis rests...
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2022/10/17
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Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas
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WPS10209
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2022/10/17
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Identifying the Poor — Accounting for Household Economies of Scale in Global Poverty Estimates
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