To address climate change, we need to measure poverty better

To address climate change, we need to measure poverty better / Otaviano Canuto, Development in a changing climate, a World Bank blog, 10/03/2011

http://blogs.worldbank.org/climatechange/address-climate-change-we-need-measure-poverty-better

Increasing food and oil prices are making life miserable for millions of people. According to our World Bank estimates, the food price hike since last July has already pushed another 44 million people around the globe into extreme poverty –those living on less than US$1.25 a day. But beyond these latest shocks, the truth is that poverty reduction overall had continued in most countries, even after the financial, food, and fuel crises of 2008-2009…


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