Hardly any literature exists on the relationship between equivalence scales and poverty dynamics for transitional … countries. This paper offers a new study on the impacts of equivalence scale adjustments on poverty dynamics in the Russian … household demographic composition. The adjustments for the equivalence of scales result in lower estimates of poverty lines. The …

limited analysis can be conducted on the implications for poverty, the study finds that the profiles of the poorest households …

Accurate poverty measurement relies on household consumption data, but such data are often inadequate, outdated or … to produce estimates for several poverty indicators including headcount poverty, extreme poverty, poverty gap, near-poverty … between surveys is associated with a lower probability of predicting some poverty indicators, and that a better imputation …

of several poverty maps …

suggests it is context and method specific. Although changes in poverty and inequality are always statistically significant …

. If the Gini index in each country decreases by 1 percent per year, the global poverty rate could reduce to around 5 ….4 percent in 2030, equivalent to 100 million fewer people living in extreme poverty. Reducing each country's Gini index by 1 …The goals of ending extreme poverty by 2030 and working toward a more equal distribution of income are prominent in …