This paper investigates how estimates of the extent and trend of income poverty in China between 1990 and 2001 vary as … a result of alternative plausible assumptions concerning key parameters that influence the poverty line and estimated … within a reasonable range, a remarkable reduction in consumption poverty occurred in China during the 1990s. However …

We evaluate the claim that world consumption poverty has fallen during the 1990s in light of alternative assumptions … about the extent of initial poverty and the rate of subsequent poverty reduction in China, India, and the rest of the … developing world. We assess the extent of poverty using two indicators: the aggregate poverty headcount and the poverty headcount …