Are Estimates of Poverty in Latin America Reliable?
What is the level of income poverty in Latin America and has it been decreasing? Are current estimates reliable? The most influential approach to gauging income poverty regionally as well as globally uses the World Bank’s international poverty lines of ‘one-dollar-a-day’ and ‘two-dollars-a-day’ per...
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| 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:11058/15143 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15143 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Poverty Latin America |
| Sumario: | What is the level of income poverty in Latin America and has it been decreasing? Are current estimates reliable? The most influential approach to gauging income poverty regionally as well as globally uses the World Bank’s international poverty lines of ‘one-dollar-a-day’ and ‘two-dollars-a-day’ per person. The Bank uses ‘purchasing power parity’ (PPP) factors to translate these international lines into local currencies. (...) |
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