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Measuring Poverty and Prosperity

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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
Asli Demirgüç-Kunt

Director of Research, Development Research Group, World Bank Group
James Foster

Professor of Economics & Intl. Affairs, George Washington University
Peter Lanjouw

Research Manager, Development Research Group, World Bank Group
Stephen O’Connell

Chief Economist, USAID
Nora Lustig

Samuel Z. Stone Professor of Latin American Economics, Tulane University
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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