(1988-2008), we tell the story of this descent into hell from the standpoint of poverty and living standards. In 2008, after … five years of civil war and another episode yet to come (2010-11), the extreme US$1.25 poverty headcount had reached a …

This chapter investigates how household income, income inequality, and poverty among urban residents in China have … developed since 1988, with an emphasis on the period from 2007 to 2013. We use data from the China Household Income Project … growing more rapidly. The trend whereby fewer persons in urban China have incomes that are lower than the poverty line …

This paper exploits a novel municipal-level data set to explore patterns of convergence in income and poverty in Mexico … evidence of income and poverty convergence at the municipal level. The findings suggest that these convergence processes stem … during 1992-2014. The paper finds that, despite a context of overall stagnant economic growth and poverty reduction, there is …

This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income … regardless of the exact location of the poverty line. Income inequality rose from 1988 to 1995 but has been fairly constant … thereafter. Models of the determination of income and poverty reveal widening differentials by education, sex and party …

implications for our understanding of inequality, poverty, inclusivity of growth and development, world economic welfare, and the …Using newly comprehensive data and tools from the Global Consumption and Income Project or CGIP, covering most of the … world and five decades, we present a portrait of the changing global distribution of consumption and income and discuss its …