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 …

poverty were very similar. In 2021 and 2022, however, changes in income and consumption poverty were quite different …--consumption poverty fell less than income poverty in 2021, and then income poverty rose sharply in 2022 while consumption poverty … measures appears to be saving during the pandemic followed by dissaving, even among those near the poverty line. This finding …

development disproportionately raises the incomes of the poor and alleviates poverty. Using a broad cross-country sample, we … and poverty alleviation. We find that financial development reduces income inequality by disproportionately boosting the … poverty and income inequality. These results are robust to controlling for other country characteristics and potential reverse …