Inequality

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CHARTS AND GRAPHICS

Income Inequality Is Falling in Most of Latin America (2000–2010, compared to select other countries).
October 26, 2015
Income inequality is falling in most of Latin America (2000–2010, compared to select other countries).
Blog Post

The World Bank’s New Global Poverty Line

Martin Ravallion
October 07, 2015
This week saw the release of the World Bank’s updated global poverty counts. There is new country-level data on poverty and inequality underlying these revisions. But the big change is that the numbers are now anchored to the 2011 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) rates for consumption from the In...
WORKING PAPER

Philanthropy, Welfare Capitalism or Radically Different Global Economic Model: What Would It Take to End Global Poverty within a Generation Based on Historical Growth Patterns? - Working Paper 413
Peter Edward
and
Andy Sumner
September 09, 2015
This paper considers the effectiveness and efficiency of global growth, as a route to poverty reduction, since 1990 and then demonstrates the redistributive challenges implicit in various poverty lines and scenarios.
WORKING PAPER

What Determines Purchasing Power Parity Exchange Rates? - Working Paper 416
Alan Gelb
and
Anna Diofasi
August 25, 2015
To better understand the large variation in price levels between countries beyond income levels and their contribution to economies’ competitiveness in the global market, we report on a cross-country analysis of national price levels, using data on 168 economies from the most recent 2011 Inter...