A growing body of #literature argues that the #WorldBank ’s PPP-based method has a major empirical limitation: it does not account for the cost of meeting basic needs in any given context.
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Scholars have recently developed a more accurate method for measuring extreme #poverty. This is done by comparing people’s #incomes to the prices of essential goods (specifically #food, #shelter, #clothing & #fuel) in each country.
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