Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004 [electronic resource] / Ravallion, Martin
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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2007Description: 1 online resource (24 p.)Subject(s): Absolute Poverty | Child Mortality | Food Consumption | Global Poverty | Health, Nutrition and Population | Household Size | Household Surveys | Household Welfare | Incidence of Poverty | Income | Inequality | Per Capita Consumption | Poor | Poor People | Population Policies | Poverty Gap | Poverty Gap Index | Poverty Measurement | Poverty Measures | Poverty Reduction | Rural | Rural Development | Rural Poverty | Rural Poverty Line | Rural Poverty ReductionAdditional physical formats: Ravallion, Martin.: Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004.Online resources: Click here to access online Abstract: The authors report new estimates of measures of absolute poverty for the developing world over 1981-2004. A clear trend decline in the percentage of people who are absolutely poor is evident, although with uneven progress across regions. They find more mixed success in reducing the total number of poor. Indeed, the developing world outside China has seen little or no sustained progress in reducing the number of poor, with rising poverty counts in some regions, notably Sub-Saharan Africa. There are encouraging signs of progress in reducing the incidence of poverty in all regions after 2000, although it is too early to say if this is a new trend.
The authors report new estimates of measures of absolute poverty for the developing world over 1981-2004. A clear trend decline in the percentage of people who are absolutely poor is evident, although with uneven progress across regions. They find more mixed success in reducing the total number of poor. Indeed, the developing world outside China has seen little or no sustained progress in reducing the number of poor, with rising poverty counts in some regions, notably Sub-Saharan Africa. There are encouraging signs of progress in reducing the incidence of poverty in all regions after 2000, although it is too early to say if this is a new trend.
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