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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Autor: Reddy, Sanjay G.
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
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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. (...)