| Autor institucional : | The World Bank Development Research Group |
| Autor/Autores: | Shaohua Chen, Martin Ravallion |
| Fecha de publicación: | Julio, 2012 |
| Alcance geográfico: | Internacional |
| Publicado en: | Internacional |
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| Resumen: | Relative deprivation, shame and social exclusion can matter to the welfare of people everywhere. The authors argue that such social effects on welfare call for a reconsideration of how we assess global poverty, but they do not support standard measures of relative poverty. The paper argues instead for using a weaklyrelative measure as the upper-bound complement to the lower-bound provided by a standard absolute measure. New estimates of global poverty are presented, drawing on 850 household surveys spanning 125 countries over 1981–2008. The absolute line is $1.25 a day at 2005. This paper is a product of the Director’s office, Development Research Group. It is part of a larger effort by the World Bank to provide open access to its research and make a contribution to development policy discussions around the world. |
