from the analysis. (i) Fiscal expansions led to higher growth rates and reduced negative trade-offs, e.g., pollution and … poor-health mortalities associated with economic growth. (ii) Fiscal adjustments led to a more inclusive economy, lowered … poverty headcounts, improved sanitation, and cleaner technology access. (iii) Fiscal expansions followed an increase in direct …

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic two new timely poverty measures have been developed to monitor fast …-changing economic conditions for the most deprived. The Han et al. near real-time poverty measure uses responses to a global income … poverty measure, widely cited in the media, uses data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the CPS and other …

constant correction to survey-derived inequality estimates. Underreporting of income by the bottom 50% of the world income … distribution has become particularly important in recent decades. We reconfirm the findings of the literature that global poverty … and inequality have declined dramatically between 1980 and 2019. Finally, we find that within-country inequality is …

Homelessness is arguably the most extreme hardship associated with poverty in the United States, yet people … experiencing homelessness are excluded from official poverty statistics and much of the extreme poverty literature. This paper …

We propose a new measure of the rate of poverty we call the Supplemental Expenditure Poverty Measure (SEPM) based on … the minimum bundle necessary to meet basic needs. Our measure differs from conventional income and consumption poverty in … both concept and measurement and it has advantages relative to both. Poverty rates using our basic measure are very close …

Most poverty calculations use income-based or consumption-based measures. We introduce a new, third measure of poverty … resources and to the poverty threshold to allow a proper comparison of liquid resources to liquidity-adjusted thresholds. We … also show that the expenditure impact of transfers on the poverty rate requires an adjustment for effects of transfers on …