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 …

This paper argues that the global poverty problem has changed because most of the world's
poor no longer live in low income countries (LICs). Previously, poverty was viewed as an LIC …

This paper revisits, with new data, the changes in the distribution of global poverty towards
middle‐income countries (MICs). In doing so it discusses an implied 'poverty paradox'–the …

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 …

The extremely low poverty line that the UN relies on has the advantage that it draws the
attention to the very poorest people in the world. It has the disadvantage that it ignores what …

We critically review conceptual and empirical issues surrounding the derivation of the
international poverty line, expressed in PPP-adjusted dollars and linked to various rounds of …

Since 1990, the World Bank and the United Nations have tracked global poverty trends
using a common international poverty line–the so-called USD 1.25 per day line. This …

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 …

Abstract The World Bank's global poverty estimates suffer from deep-seated problems
arising from a single source, the lack of a standard for identifying who is poor and who is not …

Knowing the extent of acute deprivation in the world, and how far it is changing over time, is
crucial to assessing the state of the world, and the appropriateness of the policies currently …