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Global Poverty Lines: An Introduction

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  • Nora Lustig

    (Department of Economics, Tulane University)

  • Jacques Silber

    (Department of Economics, Bar-Ilan University)

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Monitoring progress and determining whether the goal of ending poverty by 2030 is met crucially depends on how poverty is measured. In particular, it crucially depends on the global poverty line and how the line is adjusted over time. A special issue of the Journal of Economic Inequality, which this paper introduces, is dedicated to present alternative approaches to determine the global poverty line (or, more precisely, poverty lines) in order to measure the extent and evolution of extreme poverty in the developing world. In this special issue, the authors also carefully assess the merits and shortcomings of each of these approaches.

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  • Nora Lustig & Jacques Silber, 2016. "Global Poverty Lines: An Introduction," Working Papers 1603, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Poverty lines; poverty comparisons; global poverty; purchasing power parity;
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    JEL classification:

    • I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement

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