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Global Poverty Reassessed

Two one pagers from UNDP's International Poverty Centre continue the discussion on the World Bank's Updated Poverty Estimates.

Sanjay Reddy thinks the World Bank is Digging Deeper into a Hole; Martin Ravaillon, Director of the Development Research Group at the World Bank,  replies.

Our colleagues from the PSD Blog already mentioned some reactions to the new poverty estimates.

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