The developing world's bulging (but vulnerable) "middle class" / Martin Ravallion

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Policy research working paper ; 4816Publisher: [Washington, D.C] : World Bank, 2009Description: Online-RessourceSubject(s): Additional physical formats: Ravallion, Martin: The developing world's bulging (but vulnerable) "middle class LOC classification:
  • HG3881.5.W57
DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-4816Online resources: Additional physical formats: Also available in print.Summary: "The "developing world's middle class" is defined here as those who are not poor when judged by the median poverty line of developing countries, but are still poor by US standards. The "Western middle class" is defined as those who are not poor by US standards. Although barely 80 million people in the developing world entered the Western middle class over 1990-2002, economic growth and distributional shifts allowed an extra 1.2 billion people to join the developing world's middle class. Four-fifths came from Asia, and half from China. Most of the new entrants remained fairly close to poverty, with incomes now bunched up just abovePPN: PPN: 834961946Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBL
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