Less than a dollar a day
More or Less: Behind the Stats
Tim Harford assesses how global poverty is measured, as the World Bank releases the latest figures on the number of people living on less than a dollar a day. What progress has been made, and how useful a benchmark is this βdollar a dayβ global poverty line? This programme was originally broadcast on the BBC World Service.
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