This paper estimates the number of poor in various countries in Asia by applying an "amalgam poverty line", which is a … weighted average of an absolute poverty line (such as $1.25 per day or $1.45 per day) and a reference income (such as the mean … or the median income). The number of poor is computed under various values of the weight applied to the absolute poverty …

Given a poverty line, a person who is non-poor (poor) currently may not be treated as non-poor (poor) in a vulnerable … situation. This paper looks at the impact of vulnerability on the poverty line. The poverty line is adjusted in the presence of … vulnerability such that the utility of a person at the current poverty line and that at the adjusted poverty line become identical …