New Global Poverty Counts. Asian Development Review, Vol. 24(2), pp. 17-36
Kakwani, Nanak | August 2007
Abstract
The main objective of this paper is to compute an international poverty
threshold based on the food requirement that ensures adequate calorie intake
for the world’s poorest. The study proposes a new methodology based on
consumer theory to provide a caloric-based international poverty threshold.
Using this methodology, the international poverty line is estimated to be equal
to $1.22 in 1993 purchasing power parity exchange rates. According to this
new yardstick, almost 1.37 billion people were poor around the world in
2001. The study also provides global estimates of hunger, according to which
13.28 percent of the world population—equivalent to 687 million people—
suffered from hunger in 2001.
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Kakwani, Nanak. 2007. New Global Poverty Counts. Asian Development Review, Vol. 24(2), pp. 17-36. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/1699. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Citable URI
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