New Estimates of Extreme Poverty for Children

This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to estimate the rate of extreme poverty among children in the developing world. The estimates are based on the same surveys and welfare measures as official World Bank poverty estimates. Of children under age 18 years, 19.5 percent are estimated to...

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Main Author: Newhouse, David
Other Authors: Evans, Martin C., Suarez-Becerra, Pablo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2016
Series:World Bank E-Library Archive
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