Rethinking how we measure extreme poverty

Is it time for a new measure of extreme poverty?

Many of us can recall when we first discovered there were more than a billion people in the world who lived on “a dollar a day”. This extreme poverty line been effective at raising awareness of the goals of development. But, if we want to eradicate poverty rather than describe it, is it a useful tool – and what could improve on it? In this episode of VoxDevTalks, Charles Kenny discusses how the extreme poverty line is currently drawn, how measuring poverty has changed over time, and how this measure could be improved.

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