Global poverty

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Ravallion, Martin (2016) The Economics of Poverty: History, Measurement, and Policy, Oxford: Oxford University PressPress.

Roser, Max & Esteban Ortiz-Ospina (2013) Global extreme poverty, Our World in Data, May 25 (updated 2019).

Kaufman, Jeff (2015) Why global poverty?, Jeff Kaufman’s Blog, August 11.

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Poverty is a multidimensional concept, incorporating a number of different factors which impact the lives of the poor. The World Bank uses an international poverty line of $1.90 a day (adjusted for local purchasing power), and estimates that, in 2013, 10.7% of the world’s population lived below this line (World Bank 2016).line.^[1] Lack of economic resources has direct consequences on many other aspects of life, including food security and access to healthcare and water services.

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   World Bank (2016) Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2016: Taking on Inequality, Washington: World Bank.

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Cash transfers have been shown to be an and deworming programs are generally regarded as highly cost-effective way to tackle economic poverty in a variety of circumstances.interventions for reducing extreme poverty.

Ravallion, Martin (2016) The Economics of Poverty: History, Measurement, and Policy, Oxford: Oxford University Press

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World Bank. 2016. Bank (2016) Poverty and shared prosperityShared Prosperity 2016: takingTaking on inequality.Inequality, Washington: World Bank.

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