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Poverty Data
- Why did the World Bank decide to update the International Poverty Line?
- What is the $1.90 poverty line, and based on this new measure, how many people are living in extreme poverty in the world?
- How is the global poverty line derived? How is it different from national poverty lines?
- Should I use national or international poverty lines?
- Why raise the poverty line to $1.90 a day? What was wrong with the $1.25 a day line that we are all used to?
- What does the new $1.90 a day poverty line mean for previous estimates?
- Should the $1.90 a day poverty line be used to plan programs and policies in a specific country?
- Doesn’t the international poverty line put too much emphasis on money? What about the other dimensions of poverty?
- There are multiple international poverty lines. Which one should I use?
- If poverty rates are not available for all countries in a given year, how are global and regional poverty statistics calculated?
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