income distributions and national accounts GDP, we estimate income distributions, poverty rates, and inequality indices for … African countries for the period 1990-2011. Our findings are as follows. First, African poverty is falling rapidly. Second …, the African countries for which good inequality data exist are set to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) poverty …

true income per capita and $1-a-day poverty rates for the developing world and its regions. We obtain poverty estimates … survey-based poverty literature more generally. …