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The World Bank has set the new poverty line at $ 3 per day for low -income countries, up $ 2.15. For countries with lower intermediate income, the threshold is now $ 4.20, and $ 5.50 for those with upper intermediate income.
Evolution of the World Bank’s poverty line:
Former threshold: The international poverty line was set at 2.15 dollars per day, an amount corresponding to the average of the national poverty thresholds in 15 poor countries in the 1990s, expressed in 2011 PPA.
New threshold: the new threshold, based on 2017 prices, is 2.15 dollars.
Specific thresholds by income level:
-low -income Pays: The threshold is noted from 2.15 to 3 dollars per day.
-lower intermediate income Pays: the threshold is noted from 3.65 to 4.20 dollars.
-Pays with higher intermediate income: the threshold is noted at $ 5.50.
Context:
The World Bank has highlighted the importance of a higher poverty line to better reflect the cost of living in mid -income countries.
The poverty line is a key tool to measure the incidence of poverty in the world and to follow the evolution of development in terms of development.
The World Bank has put forward that the number of people living below the poverty line is very high.
Poverty in sub -Saharan Africa is progressing, unlike other regions of the world.
Impacts:
The recovery of the poverty line can have implications on the way in which countries assess poverty and plan development policies.
Poverty data can be used to measure progress towards sustainable development objectives (SDGs), including ODD 1 on poverty reduction.
