Poverty-line revision shock

Updated: 2025.08.11 7M ago 1 sources
Methodological and threshold changes can swing extreme-poverty headcounts by tens of millions without real-world income declines. — Alters SDG scorecards, donor accountability, and political claims about development success or failure, demanding better communication and continuity methods.

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$3 a day: A new poverty line has shifted the World Bank’s data on extreme poverty. What changed, and why?
Pablo Arriagada 2025.08.11 100% relevant
World Bank’s June 2025 shift from $2.15 to $3/day raises the extreme-poverty estimate by 125 million despite higher updated incomes.
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