How long will it take to lift one billion people out of poverty ?, Vol. 1 of 1

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How long will it take to lift one billion people out of poverty ?

Author:	Ravallion, Martin;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6325
Country:	World; China;	Date Stored:	2013/01/22
Document Date:	2013/01/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	The World Region; East Asia and Pacific
Report Number:	WPS6325	SubTopics:	Achieving Shared Growth; Regional Economic Development; Rural Poverty Reduction; Inequality; Services & Transfers to Poor
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: Alternative scenarios are considered for reducing by one billion the number of people living below $1.25 a day. The low-case, "pessimistic," path to that goal would see the developing world outside China returning to its slower pace of growth and poverty reduction of the 1980s and 1990s, though with China maintaining its progress. This path would take another 50 years or more to lift one billion people out of poverty. The more optimistic path would maintain the (impressive) progress against poverty since 2000, which would instead reach the target by around 2025-30. This scenario is consistent with both linear projections of the time series data and non-linear simulations of inequality-neutral growth for the developing world as a whole.


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