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Poverty: definitions, estimates, and consequences

Explore poverty definitions, estimates, and consequences with a focus on China, India, and Brazil. Analyze urban versus rural poverty, ethnic and gender divides, and the implications of growing inequality on wealth distribution. Gain insights into relative losses and income disparities between urban and rural populations.

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Poverty: definitions, estimates, and consequences

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  1. Poverty:definitions, estimates, and consequences Deborah Davis Yale University FPRI History Institute March 19, 2011

  2. The main story: 1980-2001from 53% to 8% in extreme poverty

  3. Ravallion comparisons by %: China, India, and Brazil

  4. PPP of 1.25 per dayYellow=6-20%light blue= under 5%dark blue = under 2%

  5. PPP of $2.00 per dayOrange = 21-40% Yellow=6-20%light blue= under 5% dark blue = under 2%grey = no information available

  6. The rural poor

  7. The urban poor

  8. Urban poverty by age

  9. Poverty and urban-rural divide

  10. Relative losses from 2002 to 2009As % of average per capita urban disposable income for bottom urban quintile steady at 39% for bottom rural quintile falls from 11.1% to 9.0%

  11. Urban wealth:implications of growing inequality

  12. Ethnic and Gender Divides

  13. 56 official ethnicities (estimates) • Han 1.19 billion • Zhuang 18 million • Manchu10.68 million, • Uyghur 11.257 million • Hui 10 million, • Miao 9 million, • Tujia 8 million • Yi 7.7 million, • Mongols 5.8 million, • Tibetans 5.4 million, • Yao 3.1 • Buyi 2.9 million • Koreans 2.4 million

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