Global relative poverty /

The paper provides estimates of global relative poverty trends from 1970 onwards. Relative poverty is shown to have decreased significantly, but at the same time there has been a worsening poverty outcome among up to one billion of the world's poorest citizens. The paper also proposes a straigh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nielsen, Lynge (Author)
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Office of Internal Audit and Inspection
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2009.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/09/93.
Subjects:
Income distribution.
Poverty.
Poverty
Revenu > Répartition.
Pauvreté.
poverty.
Income distribution
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Relative Poverty; III. Results; 1. Global Relative Poverty, 1970-2000; 2. Income Span, 1970-2000 1/; 3. Global Average Income Levels, 1970-2000; 4. Global Population Distribution, 1970-2000; IV. Prospects for further poverty alleviation; 5. Global Relative Poverty Forecast for 2010; V. Extension; VI. Concluding remarks; References; References; Footnotes.

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