Ending Extreme Poverty and Sharing Prosperity

dc.creatorFoster, James E.
dc.creatorCruz, Marcio
dc.creatorQuillin, Bryce
dc.creatorSchellekens, Philip
dc.date2016-01-11T17:59:21Z
dc.date2016-01-11T17:59:21Z
dc.date2015-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:43:36Z
dc.descriptionWith 2015 marking the transition from the Millennium to the Sustainable Development Goals, the international community can celebrate many development successes since 2000. Three key challenges stand out: the depth of remaining poverty, the unevenness in shared prosperity, and the persistent disparities in non-income dimensions of development. First, the policy discourse needs to focus more directly on the poorest among the poor. While pockets of ultra-poverty exist around the world, Sub-Saharan Africa is home to most of the deeply poor. To make depth a more central element in policy formulation, easy-to-communicate measures are needed, and this note attempts a step in this direction with person-equivalent measures of poverty. Second, the eradication of poverty in all of its forms requires steady growth of the incomes of the bottom 40 percent. Yet, economic growth, a key driver of shared prosperity, may not be as buoyant as before the global financial crisis. Third, unequal progress in non-income dimensions of development requires addressing widespread inequality of opportunity, which transmits poverty across generations and erodes the pace and sustainability of progress for the bottom 40. To meet these challenges, three ingredients are core to the policy agenda: sustaining broad-based growth, investing in human development, and insuring the poor and vulnerable against emerging risks.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25666216/ending-extreme-poverty-sharing-prosperity-progress-policies
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/23604
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/23604
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/409955
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Note,PRN/15/03;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectSANITATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY THRESHOLD
dc.subjectRISKS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectLAND REFORM
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVELS
dc.subjectINCOME POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDICES
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATES
dc.subjectPOVERTY ESTIMATES
dc.subjectEQUITABLE ACCESS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subjectHIGH POPULATION DENSITY
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subjectINCOME” POVERTY
dc.subjectHEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subjectECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectDEATH
dc.subjectRURAL LIVELIHOODS
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY
dc.subjectPOOR PEOPLE
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP INDEX
dc.subjectINCOME GAP
dc.subjectTEMPORARY UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectINCOME SUPPORT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectGLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectRURAL POOR
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET POLICIES
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subjectMEASURES
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASURES
dc.subjectNATIONAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL LEVELS
dc.subjectSAFETY NETS
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC STABILITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectPOVERTY GAP
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectINCOME GROWTH
dc.subjectFOOD PRICE
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectFOOD PRICE POLICIES
dc.subjectPOVERTY INCIDENCE
dc.subjectTRANSFERS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPOOR AREAS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectPOOR HEALTH
dc.subjectLAND DEGRADATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRICES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT INCOME
dc.subjectANTI-POVERTY
dc.subjectGLOBAL POVERTY TARGET
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectPOVERTY FOCUS
dc.subjectFAMINE
dc.subjectPOVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectPOOR INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectADMINISTRATIVE COSTS
dc.subjectFOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectRURAL GAP
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY LINE
dc.subjectRURAL FINANCE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY DATA
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectPOVERTY ERADICATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY INDEX
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectPOVERTY MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectMARKET FAILURES
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectABSOLUTE POVERTY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subjectIMPACT OF SHOCKS
dc.subjectRURAL POVERTY LINES
dc.subjectMALNUTRITION
dc.subjectRURAL
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectACCESS TO MARKETS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHORES
dc.subjectPOVERTY TARGET
dc.subjectIDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS
dc.subjectSOCIAL POLICIES
dc.subjectCHILD MORTALITY
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectANTI-POVERTY POLICY
dc.subjectTARGETING
dc.subjectCLIMATIC CHANGE
dc.subjectINCOME DYNAMICS
dc.subjectDRINKING WATER
dc.subjectREDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
dc.subjectEXTREME POVERTY
dc.subjectINCOME SHARES
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMING
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectCLEAN WATER
dc.subjectPOOR POPULATIONS
dc.subjectPUBLIC UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectINCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPOOR LIVING
dc.subjectRURAL ELECTRIFICATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY UPDATE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectREPEATED SHOCKS
dc.subjectEXTREME” POVERTY
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subjectPOVERTY ACROSS COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOVERTY ASSESSMENTS
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subjectPOVERTY ANALYSIS
dc.subjectHUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectPOOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOOR PERSON
dc.titleEnding Extreme Poverty and Sharing Prosperity
dc.titleProgress and Policies
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

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