"The "developing world's middle class" is defined here as those who are not poor when judged by the median poverty line …-fifths came from Asia, and half from China. Most of the new entrants remained fairly close to poverty, with incomes now bunched up …

"other side of the coin" to success against absolute poverty. "--World Bank web site …"Prevailing measures of relative poverty put an implausibly high weight on relative deprivation, such that measured … poverty does not fall when all incomes grow at the same rate. This stems from the (implicit) assumption in past measures that …

dataset and methodological approach for evaluating the global poverty and inequality effects of policy reforms. It finds that … liberalization of agriculture and food could increase global extreme poverty (US …

capacity building, implementation assistance, and coordination support. "--World Bank web site …

poverty occurring in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. "--World Bank web site … assessment of the direct and indirect impacts of higher prices on global poverty using a representative sample of 63 to 93 … that the implied increase in the extreme poverty headcount at the global level is 1.7 percentage points, with significant …

targeted poor to contain income seasonality and poverty in this impoverished part of Bangladesh. "--World Bank web site …"Seasonal poverty in Bangladesh, locally known as monga, refers to seasonal deprivation of food during the pre … labor markets has helped reduce seasonality in income and poverty in regions other than Rangpur in the recent past. Hence …

"Brazil's inequalities in welfare and poverty across and within regions can be accounted for by differences in … agglomeration effects in booming areas. "--World Bank web site …

prevent migration of certain categories of people. "--World Bank web site …