Measuring global poverty: Why PPP methods matter

Ackland, Robert; Dowrick, Stephen; Freyens, Benoit

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Measuring global poverty: Why PPP methods matter

Date

2013

Authors

Ackland, Robert

Dowrick, Stephen

Freyens, Benoit

Publisher

MIT Press

Abstract

We present theory and evidence to suggest that, in the context of analyzing global poverty, the EKS approach to estimating purchasing power parities yields more appropriate international comparison of real incomes than the Geary-Khamis approach. Our analy