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Extreme poverty line
Revised in 2015, the World Bank now measures the scale of extreme poverty as the percentage of a country’s population living on less than $1.90 a day adjusted for purchasing power parity.
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Raising the Bar on Poverty: Why the World Bank’s New Definition Matters
19th November 2024
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Debt burdens threaten progress in cutting absolute poverty
12th October 2023
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GDP and Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
Study Notes
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The world desperately needs a fairer economy
16th April 2023
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Give Directly - Unconditional Cash Transfers to Lift Human Capital
30th January 2023
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Progress in Reducing Extreme Poverty Grinds to a Halt
21st October 2022
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Covid crisis fuels food price rises for world's poorest
30th January 2021
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The problem is poverty, however we label it
22nd January 2021
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Absolute Poverty - 2021 Revision Update
Study Notes
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Extreme poverty set for first rise since 1998, World Bank warns
8th October 2020
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Mauritius becomes Africa's 2nd High Income Country
7th July 2020
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This is Poverty
23rd May 2020