PovcalNet Online Poverty Analysis Tool
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World Bank: PovcalNet Online Poverty Analysis Tool
PovcalNet is an interactive computational tool that allows you to replicate the calculations made by the World Bank's researchers in estimating the extent of absolute poverty in the world, including the $1 a day poverty measures, as published in the background papers by Chen and Ravallion and in the 2007 World Development Indicators. See http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp.
| Table | Group | Definition | Source | Last IFs Update | UsedInPreprocessor | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SeriesGiniPovCalRur | SocioPolitical | Gini index of income inequality (lower = more equal) | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2006/07 | No | |
| SeriesGiniPovCalTot | SocioPolitical | Gini index of income inequality (lower = more equal) | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2006/07 | No | |
| SeriesGiniPovCalTotExt | SocioPolitical | Gini index of income inequality (lower = more equal) total, extended table | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2006/07 | No | |
| SeriesGiniPovCalUrb | SocioPolitical | Gini index of income inequality (lower = more equal) | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2006/07 | No | |
| SeriesIncBelow10D%Povcal | SocioPolitical | Percent of population below poverty line of $10 per day PPP | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2010/01/9 | No | |
| SeriesIncBelow1D%PovcalRur | SocioPolitical | Percent of population living on less than $1 per day, rural | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2007/09 | No | |
| SeriesIncBelow1D%PovcalTot | SocioPolitical | Percent of population living on less than $1 per day, total | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2006/07 | No | |
| SeriesIncBelow1D%PovCalTotExt | SocioPolitical | Percent of population living on less than $1 per day, total extended/filled | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2007/09 | No | |
| SeriesIncBelow1D%PovcalUrb | SocioPolitical | Percent of population living on less than $1 per day, urban | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2007/09 | No | |
| SeriesIncBelow1D25c%Blend | SocioPolitical | Population below poverty line of $1.25 per day PPP (2005); blend of Povcalnet and WDI sources | PovcalNet and WDI | 2014/03/27 | No | |
| SeriesIncBelow1D25c%Povcal | SocioPolitical | Percentage of population living on under $1.25 a day; from PovcalNet | PovcalNet | 2014/03/27 | No | |
| SeriesIncBelow2Dollar%Blend | SocioPolitical | Population below poverty line of $2 per day PPP (2005); blend of Povcalnet and WDI sources | PovcalNet and WDI | 2014/03/27 | No | |
| SeriesIncBelow2Dollar%Povcal | SocioPolitical | Percentage of population living on under $2 a day; from PovcalNet | PovcalNet | 2014/03/27 | No | |
| SeriesPovGap$10perDayPovcal | SocioPolitical | Poverty gap at $10 per day (PPP), percent | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2010/01/9 | No | |
| SeriesPovGap$1PovCalRur | SocioPolitical | Poverty gap relative to income of $1 per day, rural | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2006/06 | No | |
| SeriesPovGap$1PovCalTot | SocioPolitical | Poverty gap relative to income of $1 per day, total | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2006/06 | No | |
| SeriesPovGap$1PovCalTotExt | SocioPolitical | Poverty gap relative to income of $1 per day, total, extended table | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2006/06 | No | |
| SeriesPovGap$1PovCalUrb | SocioPolitical | Poverty gap relative to income of $1 per day, urban | PovCalNet, World Bank available at http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/jsp/index.jsp and Ifs database | 2006/06 | No |