Global Poverty Reassessed: A Reply to Reddy

In “One Pager” No. 65, Sanjay Reddy says the World Bank is “digging (itself) deeper into a hole” in measuring global poverty. It seems we are in this hole (in Reddy’s eyes) because we have not adopted his preferred method; I have tried to explain why we have not done so in past responses to Reddy (i...

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Autor: Ravallion, Martin
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15363
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15363
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Global Poverty
Reassessed
Reply
Reddy
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Sumario:In “One Pager” No. 65, Sanjay Reddy says the World Bank is “digging (itself) deeper into a hole” in measuring global poverty. It seems we are in this hole (in Reddy’s eyes) because we have not adopted his preferred method; I have tried to explain why we have not done so in past responses to Reddy (including Ravallion, 2008). (...)