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[Part I]: 2 MEASURES OF GLOBAL POVERTY
Pages 27-32

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... He added that most of the World Bank's poverty measurement and analysis activities are, in fact, done at a country level to inform local government policies and programming decisions by the World Bank. He noted that it is difficult to talk meaningfully about global income poverty, since poverty lines across countries vary in terms of their purchasing power, and there is a strong economic gradient with richer countries adopting higher standards of living for defining poverty.
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From page 28...
... The situation in Sub-Saharan Africa stands out with little change in poverty rates and substantial increases in the number of people deemed poor using the $1.25 a day poverty line for 1981–2005. The number of poor has almost doubled between 1981 and 2005, increasing from 200 million to 380 million.
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From page 29...
... Ravallion explained that market exchange rates generally are not useful in assessing real incomes in developing countries, in that they tend to equate purchasing power with traded goods. Therefore the International Comparison Project has developed more realistic estimates of purchasing power parity exchange rates.
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From page 30...
... • Child Mortality: Deprived if any child has died in the family Nutrition: Deprived if any adult or child for whom there is nutritional information is malnourished Standard of Living (Each indicator is weighted equally at 1/18.) • Electricity: Deprived if the household has no electricity • Drinking Water: Deprived if the household does not have access to clean drinking water or clean water is more than 30 minutes walk from home • Sanitation: Deprived if they do not have adequate sanitation or if their toilet is shared • Flooring: Deprived if the household has a dirt, sand, or dung floor • Cooking Fuel: Deprived if the household cooks with wood, charcoal, or dung • Assets: Deprived if the household does not own more than one of the following: radio, TV, telephone, bike, motorbike, or refrigerator, and does not own a car or tractor SOURCE: http://www.ophi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/MPI-One-Page-final.pdf.
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From page 31...
... While some participants suggested that the surveys should be expanded, Ravallion stressed the need to identify a basic core set of data requirements that can be implemented well in all developing countries, with the possibility of conducting other more specialized ad hoc surveys. Other participants suggested that it might be possible to more directly link poverty and nutrition measures in household surveys, but that it would require substantially increased training for the enumerators and that in some countries―India and China were specifically mentioned -- it would be very difficult, as the survey instruments are already considered too long and response rates are declining sharply, limiting the usefulness of the survey data.
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