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A global count of the extreme poor in 2012 : data issues, methodology and initial results

Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Chen, Shaohua; Dabalen, Andrew; … - 2015

Sustainable Development Goals and the World Bank's twin goals, the new poverty line was chosen so as to preserve the definition … the global count, we find 12.7 percent of the world's population, or 897 million people, are living in extreme poverty …

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A Global Count of the Extreme Poor in 2012 : Data Issues, Methodology and Initial Results

Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2020

Sustainable Development Goals and the World Bank?s twin goals, the new poverty line was chosen so as to preserve the definition … the global count, we find 12.7 percent of the world?s population, or 897 million people, are living in extreme poverty …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012855964

Death and destitution: the global distribution of welfare losses from the COVID-19 pandemic

Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Sterck, Olivier; Mahler, … - 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about massive declines in wellbeing around the world. This paper seeks to quantify …

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Lives and livelihoods: estimates of the global mortality and poverty effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

Decerf, Benoit; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Mahler, … - 2020

This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional years spent in poverty (PY) are conservatively...

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