Poverty Data
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Why did the World Bank decide to update the International Poverty Line?
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What is the $2.15 poverty line, and based on this new measure, how many people are living in extreme poverty in the world?
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How is the international poverty line derived? How is it different from national poverty lines?
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Should I use national or global poverty lines?
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Why raise the poverty line to $2.15 a day? What was wrong with the $1.90 a day line that we are used to?
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How do the 2017 PPPs change global, regional, country-level poverty estimates?
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Should the $2.15 a day poverty line be used to plan programs and policies in a specific country?
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Doesn’t the international poverty line put too much emphasis on money? What about the other dimensions of poverty?
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What other poverty lines do the World Bank use in tracking progress against global poverty?
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If poverty rates are not available for all countries in a given year, how are global and regional poverty statistics calculated?