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New Global Poverty Counts

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  • Nanak Kakwani

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    (International Poverty Centre)

  • Hyun H. Son

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    (International Poverty Centre)

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    Abstract

    The main objective of this study is to compute an international poverty threshold based on the food requirement to ensure an 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 PPP 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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    Paper provided by International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth in its series Working Papers with number 29.

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    Length: 21
    Date of creation: Sep 2006
    Publication status: Published by UNDP - International Poverty Centre, September 2006, pages 1-21
    Handle: RePEc:ipc:wpaper:29
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    Keywords: Poverty; Purchasing power parity; Global estimates;

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    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
    • O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries

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    3. Camelia Minoiu & Sanjay Reddy, 2008. "Kernel Density Estimation Based on Grouped Data; The Case of Poverty Assessment," IMF Working Papers 08/183, International Monetary Fund.
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