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How did the world's poorest fare in the 1990s ?, Volume 1

Author:	Shaohua Chen; Ravallion, Martin;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 2409
Date Stored:	2000/08/26	Document Date:	2000/08/31
Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper	Language:	English
Report Number:	WPS2409	Sub Sectors:	Macro/Non-Trade
SubTopics:	Environmental Economics & Policies; Poverty Reduction Strategies; Earth Sciences & GIS; Achieving Shared Growth; Rural Poverty Reduction; Poverty Assessment; Economic Conditions and Volatility; Inequality; Services & Transfers to Poor	Volume No:	1

Summary: Drawing on data from 265 national sample surveys spanning 83 countries, the authors find that there was a net decrease in the total incidence of consumption poverty between 1987 and 1998. But it was not enough to reduce the total number of poor people, by various definitions. The incidence of poverty fell in Asia and the Middle East and North Africa, changed little in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa, and rose in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The two main proximate causes of the disappointing rate of poverty reduction: too little economic growth in many of the poorest countries, and persistent inequalities (in both income and other essential measures) that kept the poor from participating in the growth that did occur.


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