Estimating International Poverty Lines from Comparable National Thresholds

World Bank's international poverty line of USD1.90/day, at 2011 purchasing power parity, is based on a collection of national poverty lines, which were originally used to set the international poverty line of USD1.25/day at 2005 purchasing power parity. This paper proposes an approach for estim...

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Main Author: Jolliffe, Dean
Other Authors: Prydz, Espen Beer
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2016
Series:World Bank E-Library Archive
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520 |a World Bank's international poverty line of USD1.90/day, at 2011 purchasing power parity, is based on a collection of national poverty lines, which were originally used to set the international poverty line of USD1.25/day at 2005 purchasing power parity. This paper proposes an approach for estimating a more recent, complete, and comparable collection of national poverty thresholds from reported national poverty rates. The paper presents a set of international poverty lines based on this new atabase of national poverty lines. In contrast to the lines used to estimate the USD1.90 international poverty line, this approach produces national poverty lines that are (1) consistent with national poverty rates, (2) expressed in common units, and (3) provide greater support to the estimated international poverty line. These national poverty lines are used to estimate an extreme international poverty line, and three higher lines that are more relevant for higher-income countries. A key finding provides evidence of the robustness and relevance of the USD1.90 international poverty line as a measure of extreme poverty for low-income countries