that are used to estimate international poverty rates for all countries in the South Asia region, including Afghanistan … consumption aggregates to assess the sensitivity of international poverty rates to the items included in national consumption … homeowners. Using the standardized consumption aggregates reduces the international poverty rate in South Asia by 1.3 percentage …

This paper applies an innovative method to estimate poverty in India in the absence of recent expenditure data. The … goods expenditure conducted in 2014-15. At the $1.90 per day international poverty line, the preferred model predicts a 2014 …-15 head- count poverty rate of 10 percent in urban areas and 16.4 percent in rural areas, implying a poverty rate of 14 …

This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to estimate the rate of extreme poverty among children in the … developing world. The estimates are based on the same surveys and welfare measures as official World Bank poverty estimates. Of … ages 18 and above. Poverty rates are high for children ages 0 to 4 years, slightly higher among ages 5 to 9 years, and …

This paper presents a new demographic profile of extreme and moderate poverty, defined as those living on less than $1 … poverty is primarily rural and young; 80 percent of the extreme poor and 75 percent of the moderate poor live in rural areas … in households with three or more children. Gender differences in poverty rates are muted, and there is scant evidence of …

poverty trends in Sri Lanka between 2006 and 2009. Survey-to-survey imputation methods rely on two key assumptions: (i) that … large share of the intertemporal change in household expenditure and poverty. In addition, differences in sampling design … adequately capture changes in poverty. The paper concludes that in Sri Lanka, survey-to-survey imputation between the Household …

This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to look at gender differences in poverty in the developing world …. In the absence of individual-level poverty data, the paper looks at what can we learn in terms of gender differences by … measures as official World Bank poverty estimates. The paper focuses on the relationship between age, sex and poverty. And …

Can features extracted from high spatial resolution satellite imagery accurately estimate poverty and economic well … are used to estimate poverty rates and average log consumption for 1,291 administrative units (Grama Niladhari divisions …, explains nearly 60 percent of poverty headcount rates and average log consumption. In comparison, models built using night …

This paper presents results from four simulations of the impact of potential tax reforms in Pakistan on poverty, shared … sales and corporate tax rates differ mildly in their impacts on consumption and poverty. Endogenously modeled tax evasion …