national currencies using either the 2005 or 2011 level; in the medium term, we argue for global poverty measurement based on … internationally coordinated national poverty measurement. … poverty line, expressed in PPP-adjusted dollars and linked to various rounds of the International Comparison of Prices (ICP …

The World Bank's international poverty line has been a success in drawing the attention of policymakers and media to … the issue of poverty. This paper summarises the main critique in the literature and adds some additional insights …, pointing out the weak database for the estimation of the international poverty line. The author also shows how poverty outcomes …