Current global inequality measures assume that national-mean income does not matter to
economic
welfare at given household income, as measured in surveys. The paper questions...
On 16 May 2018 While much progress has been made over the last 25 years in measuring global poverty, there are
a number of challenges ahead. The paper discusses three sets of problems: (i) how to allow for
social...
On 16 Nov 2015 Traditional assessments of progress against poverty put no explicit weight on increasing the standard of living of the poorest—raising the consumption floor. Yet this is often emphasized by policy mak...
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