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Publication and report
Poverty and shared prosperity: Piecing together Poverty Puzzle
Link
openknowledge.worldbank.org
Abstract
Piecing Together the Poverty Puzzle —broadens the ways we define and measure poverty. It presents a new measure of societal poverty, integrating the absolute concept of extreme poverty and a notion of relative poverty reflecting differences in needs across countries. The report also recognises that poverty is not only about income and consumption—and it introduces a multidimensional poverty measure that adds other factors, such as access to education, electricity, drinking water, and sanitation. It also explores how inequality within households could affect the global profile of the poor. All these additional pieces enrich our understanding of the poverty puzzle, bringing us closer to solving it.
Files
PovertyPuzzle_UHSX2my.pdf