distribution, and this distributional change lowered the pro-poor impact of growth substantially. Without this change, poverty …

youngsters attended schools, and the rate of extreme poverty declined from 54 percent in 1990 to 41 percent in 2015. Political … years. Poverty rates in many countries are the highest in the world. And notably, the number of poor in Africa is rising … because of population growth. From a global perspective, the biggest concentration of poverty has shifted from South Asia to …

for economic growth and poverty reduction. Policy makers increasinglyrecognize this but there is a need for a better …

International poverty estimates for countries in Africa commonly rely on national consumer price indexes to adjust … implications for estimated poverty trends. The results suggest that in 11 of 16 Sub-Saharan African countries in this study …, poverty reduction may be understated because of consumer price index bias. With correction of consumer price index bias …