Where Is Poverty Concentrated? New Evidence Based on Internationally Consistent Urban and Poverty Measurements

Shohei Nakamura, Pierre-Philippe Combes, Robin Moellerherm, Charlotte Robert, Mark Roberts, Benjamin Stewart and Slava Yakubenko ()
Additional contact information
Robin Moellerherm: Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University
Charlotte Robert: Universität Heidelberg [Heidelberg] = Heidelberg University
Benjamin Stewart: World Bank Group
Slava Yakubenko: HSE - Vysšaja škola èkonomiki = National Research University Higher School of Economics [Moscow]

SciencePo Working papers from HAL

Abstract: The lack of comparable urban definitions across countries has presented a significant challenge in effectively addressing poverty in both urban and rural areas. This study aims to tackle this issue by comparing subnational poverty statistics across countries, integrating internationally consistent definitions of urban areas into the World Bank's official global poverty measurement framework. Focusing primarily on 16 Sub-Saharan African countries, the analysis reveals that poverty rates tend to be lower in densely populated urban areas. However, the findings also highlight that urban areas have a higher concentration of impoverished populations than previously estimated. These results underscore the importance of employing consistent urban definitions in cross-country poverty analysis and call for a reevaluation of geographically targeted policies to expedite poverty reduction efforts.

Keywords: Global poverty; urban poverty; urbanization; cost of living; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-11
Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-04345458
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://sciencespo.hal.science/hal-04345458/document (application/pdf)

Related works:
Working Paper: Where Is Poverty Concentrated? New Evidence Based on Internationally Consistent Urban and Poverty Measurements (2023)
Working Paper: Where Is Poverty Concentrated? New Evidence Based on Internationally Consistent Urban and Poverty Measurements (2023)
Working Paper: Where Is Poverty Concentrated ? New Evidence Based on Internationally Consistent Urban and Poverty Measurements (2023)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:wpspec:hal-04345458

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in SciencePo Working papers from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Contact - Sciences Po Departement of Economics ().