Current estimates of global poverty vary substantially across studies. In this paper we undertake a sensitivity … analysis to highlight the importance of methodological choices in estimating global poverty. We measure global poverty using … different data sources, parametric and nonparametric estimation methods, and multiple poverty lines. Our results indicate that …

We review the recent empirical literature on global poverty, focusing on key methodological aspects. These include the … choice of welfare indicator, poverty line and purchasing power parity exchange rates, equivalence scales, data sources, and …-household inequalities and potentially influencing poverty estimates. Based on a sensitivity analysis of global poverty estimates to …

We evaluate the claim that world consumption poverty has fallen since 1990 in light of alternative assumptions about … the extent of initial poverty and the rate of subsequent poverty reduction in China, India, and the rest of the developing … world. We use two poverty indicators: the aggregate headcount and the headcount ratio, and consider two widely …

Current estimates of global poverty vary substantially across studies. In this paper we undertake a novel sensitivity … analysis to highlight the importance of methodological choices in estimating global poverty. We measure global poverty using … different data sources, parametric and nonparametric estimation methods, and multiple poverty lines. Our results indicate that …

We review the recent empirical literature on global poverty, focusing on key methodological aspects. These include the … choice of welfare indicator, poverty line and purchasing power parity exchange rates, equivalence scales, data sources, and …-household inequalities and potentially influencing poverty estimates. Based on a sensitivity analysis of global poverty estimates to …