Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (42 p.))
Edition:
Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
Parallel Title:
Ravallion, Martin Dollar A Day Revisited
Keywords:
Absolute poverty
;
Global poverty
;
International poverty line
;
National poverty
;
National poverty lines
;
Poor
;
Poor countries
;
Poor person
;
Poverty Reduction
;
Poverty line
;
Poverty measurement
;
Rural Development
;
Rural Poverty Reduction
;
Absolute poverty
;
Global poverty
;
International poverty line
;
National poverty
;
National poverty lines
;
Poor
;
Poor countries
;
Poor person
;
Poverty Reduction
;
Poverty line
;
Poverty measurement
;
Rural Development
;
Rural Poverty Reduction
;
Absolute poverty
;
Global poverty
;
International poverty line
;
National poverty
;
National poverty lines
;
Poor
;
Poor countries
;
Poor person
;
Poverty Reduction
;
Poverty line
;
Poverty measurement
;
Rural Development
;
Rural Poverty Reduction
Abstract:
The paper presents the first major update of the international "USD 1 a day" poverty line, first proposed in 1990 for measuring absolute poverty by the standards of the world's poorest countries. In a new data set of national poverty lines we find that a marked economic gradient only emerges when consumption per person is above about USD 2.00 a day at 2005 purchasing power parity. Below this, the average poverty line is USD 1.25, which we propose as the new international poverty line. Relative poverty appears to matter more to developing countries than has been thought. Our proposed schedule of relative poverty lines is bounded below by USD 1.25, and rises at a gradient of USD 1 in USD 3 when mean consumption is above USD 2.00 a day
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