Poverty lines are typically higher in richer countries, and lower in poorer ones, reflecting the
relative nature of national assessments of who is considered poor. In many high-income …

The poverty line is the starting point of poverty analysis. It serves as an objective standard by
which the so-called" poor" are distinguished from the" nonpoor." In many cases, the poverty …

A new data set on national poverty lines is combined with new price data and almost 700
household surveys to estimate absolute poverty measures for the developing world. We find …

A fundamental point of discussion in poverty research is whether poverty is an absolute or a
relative concept. If poverty is seen to be a situation of absolute deprivation, a poverty line will …

Abstract The World Bank's international poverty line (IPL) of 1.90/dayat2011PPPsisbasedonacollectionofnati…
.(WorldBankEcon.Rev.23(2),163–184,2009),originallyusedtosettheIPLof 1.25/day at 2005 …

This article critically assesses prevailing measures of global poverty. A welfarist
interpretation of global poverty lines is augmented by the idea of normative functionings, the …

It is becoming well-recognized that relative measures are required for a complete picture of
the extent of global poverty and its evolution. The standard assumption is that the national …

An empirical measure of the level of poverty in a society is generally thought of as an attempt
to reflect the economic wellbeing of individuals who are at the low end of their society's …

The basic question about 'how many poor people are there in the world?'generally assumes
that poverty is measured according to international poverty lines (IPLs). Yet, an equally …

National poverty lines vary greatly across the world, from under $1 per person per day to
over $40 (at 2005 purchasing power parity). What accounts for these huge differences, and …