Documentos e informes
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A New Distribution Sensitive Index for Measuring Welfare, Poverty, and Inequality (Inglés)
Simple welfare indices such as mean income are ubiquitous but not distribution sensitive. In contrast, existing distribution sensitive welfare indices are rarely used, often because they are difficult...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS10470 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2023 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Kraay,Aart C.,Lakner,Christoph,Ozler,Berk,Decerf,Benoit Marie A,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte,Yonzan,Nishant
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Global Inequality and Poverty (Inglés)
The COVID-19 pandemic has had catastrophic economic and human consequences worldwide. This paper tries to quantify the consequences of the pandemic on global inequality and poverty in 2020. Since face-to-face...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS10198 Fecha del documento: 5 de octubre de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Yonzan,Nishant,Lakner,Christoph
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Revisiting Poverty Trends and the Role of Social Protection Systems in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Inglés)
Quantifying the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty in Africa has been as difficult as predicting the path of the pandemic, mainly due to data limitations. The advent of new data sources, including...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS10172 Fecha del documento: 13 de septiembre de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Abay,Kibrom A.,Yonzan,Nishant,Kurdi,Sikandra Smith,Hirfrfot,Kibrom Tafere
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What Do We Know about Poverty in India in 2017/18 ? (Inglés)
This paper nowcasts poverty in India, one of the countries with the largest population below the international poverty line of $1.90 per person per day. Because the latest official household survey dates...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS9931 Fecha del documento: 7 de febrero de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Edochie,Ifeanyi Nzegwu,Freije-Rodriguez,Samuel,Lakner,Christoph,Moreno Herrera,Laura Liliana,Newhouse,David Locke,Sinha Roy,Sutirtha,Yonzan,Nishant
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COVID-19 and Economic Inequality : Short-Term Impacts with Long-Term Consequences (Inglés)
This paper examines the short-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for inequality in developing countries. The analysis takes advantage of high-frequency phone survey data collected by the World...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS9902 Fecha del documento: 13 de enero de 2022 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Narayan,Ambar,Cojocaru,Alexandru,Agrawal,Sarthak,Bundervoet,Tom,Davalos,Maria Eugenia,Garcia,Natalia,Lakner,Christoph,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Montalva Talledo,Veronica Sonia,Ten,Andrey,Yonzan,Nishant
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Poverty, Median Incomes, and Inequality in 2021 : A Diverging Recovery (Inglés)
Weak recovery in the world’s poorest countries has resulted in persisting income losses among poor people, higher global poverty, and increasing inequality. Faltering growth in some middle-income countries...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 165835 Fecha del documento: 7 de septiembre de 2021 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Hill,Ruth,Lakner,Christoph,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Narayan,Ambar,Yonzan,Nishant
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March 2021 PovcalNet Update : What’s New (Inglés)
The March 2021 update to PovcalNet involves several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. Some welfare aggregates have been changed for improved harmonization, and the CPI, national...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 157363 Fecha del documento: 12 de marzo de 2021 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Arayavechkit,Tanida,Atamanov,Aziz,Barreto Herrera,Karen Yiseth,Belghith,Nadia Belhaj Hassine,Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres,Fujs,Tony Henri Mathias Jany,Dewina,Reno,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Edochie,Ifeanyi Nzegwu,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Lakner,Christoph,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Montes,Jose,Moreno Herrera,Laura Liliana,Mungai,Rose,Newhouse,David Locke,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Sanchez Castro,Diana Marcela,Schoch,Marta,Sharma,Dhiraj,Simler,Kenneth,Swinkels,Robertus A,Takamatsu,Shinya,Uochi,Ikuko,Viveros Mendoza,Martha Celmira,Yonzan,Nishant,Yoshida,Nobuo,Wu,Haoyu
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Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020 : Reversals of Fortune (Vol. 1 of 2) (Inglés)
Previous Poverty and Shared Prosperity Reports have conveyed the difficult message that the world is not on track to meet the global goal of reducing extreme poverty to 3 percent by 2030. This edition...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 153584 Fecha del documento: 7 de octubre de 2020 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres,Cojocaru,Alexandru,Howton,Elizabeth Louise Amorim,Lakner,Christoph,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Schoch,Marta,Yang,Judy,Yonzan,Nishant
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Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020 : Reversals of Fortune (Vol. 2 of 2) : Overview (Inglés)
Previous Poverty and Shared Prosperity Reports have conveyed the difficult message that the world is not on track to meet the global goal of reducing extreme poverty to 3 percent by 2030. This edition...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 153584 Fecha del documento: 7 de octubre de 2020 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres,Cojocaru,Alexandru,Howton,Elizabeth Louise Amorim,Lakner,Christoph,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Schoch,Marta,Yang,Judy,Yonzan,Nishant
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September 2020 PovcalNet Update : What’s New (Inglés)
The September 2020 update to PovcalNet mainly involves the adoption of the revised 2011 PPPs for the estimation of global poverty. In addition, the coverage rules for reporting regional and global poverty...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 152802 Fecha del documento: 1 de septiembre de 2020 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres,Fujs,Tony Henri Mathias Jany,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Lakner,Christoph,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Schoch,Marta,Vargas Mogollon,David L.,Viveros Mendoza,Martha Celmira,Tetteh Baah,Samuel Kofi,Yonzan,Nishant,Yoshida,Nobuo