This paper makes new estimates of global poverty and inequality in 2012 using both ‘old', 2005 and ‘new', 2011 … of 2011 PPP data to estimate global poverty and inequality, at least for comparison purposes …

but because some people lacked entitlements to that food. Is a similar situation now the case for global poverty, meaning … that national resources are available but not being used to end poverty? This paper argues that approximately three …-quarters of global poverty, at least at the lower poverty lines, could now be eliminated — in principle — via redistribution of …

This paper updates the distribution of global poverty data and makes projections up to 2020. The paper asks the … already live in countries where the total cost of ending extreme poverty is not prohibitively high as a percentage of GDP. And … to end at least extreme poverty. This would imply a reframing of global poverty as largely a matter of domestic …

Much of the data underlying global poverty and inequality estimates is not in the public domain, but can be accessed in … calculations that are facilitated by this data set, including growth incidence curves and poverty rates using alternative PPP …

. Although they are above the average poverty line for developing countries, many people in these new “middle classes” may be … insecure and at risk of falling into poverty. This paper outlines indicative data on trends relating to poverty and the nonpoor … “middle class.” The paper argues that such groups are neither extremely poor nor secure from poverty and that such groups are …