Measuring Poverty and Prosperity
Measurement challenges related to poverty, inequality and shared prosperity are the subject of fervent debate among development economists and data experts.
This event will launch the 2014 Policy Research Report: A Measured Approach to Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity, explaining the options for most accurately measuring progress on the World Bank Group’s twin goals.
The report’s findings will be highlighted and several top experts will debate the issues.
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Dean Jolliffe
Senior Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank Group
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Asli Demirgüç-Kunt
Director of Research, Development Research Group, World Bank Group
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James Foster
Professor of Economics & Intl. Affairs, George Washington University
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Peter Lanjouw
Research Manager, Development Research Group, World Bank Group
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Stephen O’Connell
Chief Economist, USAID
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Nora Lustig
Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics, Tulane University
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Kaushik Basu
Professor of Economics and the C. Marks Professor of International Studies, Cornell University & former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank
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