As recent events in the Arab region have amply demonstrated, the problems of poverty, unemployment and social and political exclusion cannot be forever ignored without there arising demands for change in the basic arrangements of society. Today, the dramatic revolts in diverse Arab societies...

Recently, the World Bank released ?updated? global poverty estimates. These new numbers are based on a new price survey and a new benchmark international poverty line of $1.25 in 2005 purchasing power parities (PPPs). The new figures purport to describe world poverty since 1981, and thus affect...

¿Cuál es el nivel de pobreza de ingresos en América Latina? ¿Ha estado disminuyendo? ¿Son fiables las estimaciones actuales? El enfoque más influyente para medir la pobreza de ingresos a nivel regional y mundial es él utilizado por el Banco Mundial, que establece líneas internacionales...

Qual é o nível de pobreza monetária na América Latina e tem tal nível diminuído recentemente? As estimativas atuais são confiáveis? A abordagem dominante de aferição da pobreza monetária, regional e globalmente, utiliza as linhas internacionais de pobreza do Banco Mundial de ?um...

We argue that inter-country comparisons of income poverty based on poverty lines uniformly reflecting the costs of the basic requirements of human beings are superior to the existing money-metric approaches. In this exercise, we implement a uniform approach to poverty assessment based on basic...

This Working Paper investigates how estimates of the extent and trend of consumption poverty in China between 1990 and 2001 vary as a result of alternative plausible assumptions concerning the poverty line and estimated levels of consumption. The exercise is motivated by the existence of...

Quel est le niveau de pauvreté monétaire en Amérique latine, et est-il en diminution? Les estimations actuelles sont-elles fiables? L?approche la plus commune permettant d?évaluer la pauvreté monétaire régionalement et mondialement consiste à utiliser les seuils internationaux de...