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New Global Poverty Counts

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  • Nanak Kakwani

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The main objective of this paper is to compute an international poverty threshold based on the food requirement that ensures adequate calorie intake for the world’s poorest. The study proposes a new methodology based on consumer theory to provide a caloric-based international poverty threshold. Using this methodology, the international poverty line is estimated to be equal to $1.22 in 1993 purchasing power parity exchange rates. According to this new yardstick, almost 1.37 billion people were poor around the world in 2001. The study also provides global estimates of hunger, according to which 13.28 percent of the world population—equivalent to 687 million people—suffered from hunger in 2001.

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  • Nanak Kakwani, 2007. "New Global Poverty Counts," Asian Development Review (ADR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 24(02), pages 17-36.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:adrxxx:v:24:y:2007:i:02:n:s0116110507500072
    DOI: 10.1142/S0116110507500072
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    1. Sivakumar, Marimuthu & Sarvalingam, A, 2010. "Poverty Underestimation in Rural India- A Critique," MPRA Paper 21748, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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