Global Relative Poverty
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Summary:
The paper provides estimates of global relative poverty trends from 1970 onwards. Relative poverty is shown to have decreased significantly, but at the same time there has been a worsening poverty outcome among up to one billion of the world's poorest citizens. The paper also proposes a straightforward method for dividing an income distribution into classes of poor, rich, and middle-class.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2009/093
Subject:
Income distribution Income inequality National accounts Personal income Population and demographics Poverty
Frequency:
Biannually
English
Publication Date:
April 1, 2009
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451872408/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA2009093
Pages:
16
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