Global Relative Poverty / Lynge Nielsen.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Nielsen, Lynge.

Series:

IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/093

IMF Working Papers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty.

Income distribution.

Physical Description:

16 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The paper provides estimates of global relative poverty trends from 1970 onwards. Relative poverty is shown to have decreased significantly, but at the same time there has been a worsening poverty outcome among up to one billion of the world's poorest citizens. The paper also proposes a straightforward method for dividing an income distribution into classes of poor, rich, and middle-class.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

I. Introduction

II. Relative Poverty

III. Results

IV. Prospects for further poverty alleviation

V. Extension

VI. Concluding remarks

References

Tables

1. Global Relative Poverty, 1970-2000

2. Income Span, 1970-2000 1/

3. Global Average Income Levels, 1970-2000

4. Global Population Distribution, 1970-2000

5. Global Relative Poverty Forecast for 2010

References.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786612843136

9781462374946

1462374948

9781452700632

145270063X

9781451872408

1451872402

9781282843134

1282843133

OCLC:

550683419