Ending poverty is a moral and ethical aim, and living without poverty is one of the human
rights. To eradicate poverty, the reliable practice of measuring poverty is needed. Poverty …

Ending poverty is a moral and ethical aim, and living without poverty is one of the human
rights. To eradicate poverty, the reliable practice of measuring poverty is needed. Poverty …

Ending poverty is a moral and ethical aim, and living without poverty is one of the human
rights. To eradicate poverty, the reliable practice of measuring poverty is needed. Poverty …

The international poverty line is a widely accepted standard for defining the extreme poor in
the world. However, the current method of using the international poverty line to measure …

Criteria for distinguishing poor from non-poor tend to reflect specific national priorities and
normative concepts of welfare and rights. However, a universal poverty line is needed to …

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 …

This thesis enquires into major changes in the measures of poverty from 1990 until 2015.
Critical reviews here unveils the building blocks of past and present approaches as well as …

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 …

Debate about national and international poverty measurement continued to evolve (see for
example Abu-Ismail et al., 2012). The international poverty lines of US $1.25 and US $2/day …

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 …