Shaohua Chen

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World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

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The Developing World is Poorer than We Thought, But No Less Successful in the Fight Against Poverty

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4703
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion
World Bank and Georgetown University
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Regional Economic Development, Achieving Shared Growth, Services & Transfers to Poor

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China's (Uneven) Progress Against Poverty

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3408
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen
Georgetown University and World Bank
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China, poverty, inequality, economic growth, policies

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China's Growth and Poverty Reduction: Recent Trends between 1990 and 1999

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2651
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Sep 2001
Shaohua Chen and Yan Wang
World Bank and Cornell University
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New Evidence on the Urbanization of Global Poverty

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4199
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Martin Ravallion, Shaohua Chen and Prem Sangraula
Georgetown University, World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Population Policies, Pro-Poor Growth and Inequality, City Development Strategies

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Dollar a Day Revisited

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4620
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Martin Ravallion, Shaohua Chen and Prem Sangraula
Georgetown University, World Bank and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Population Policies, Achieving Shared Growth, Urban Partnerships & Poverty

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China is Poorer Than We Thought, but no Less Successful in the Fight Against Poverty

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4621
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion
World Bank and Georgetown University
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Population Policies, Achieving Shared Growth, ICT Applications

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Measuring Pro-Poor Growth

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2666
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen
Georgetown University and World Bank
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What Can New Survey Data Tell Us About Recent Changes in Distribution and Poverty?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1694
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen
Georgetown University and World Bank
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How Have the World's Poorest Fared Since the Early 1980s?

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How Have the World's Poorest Fared Since the Early 1980s?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3341
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion
World Bank and Georgetown University
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How Have the World's Poorest Fared Since the Early 1980s?

World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 141-169, Fall 2004
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion
World Bank and Georgetown University

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Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2004

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4211
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen
Georgetown University and World Bank
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Population Policies, Pro-Poor Growth and Inequality, Services & Transfers to Poor

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Hidden Impact? Ex-Post Evaluation of an Anti-Poverty Program

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3049
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 31 Jul 2003
Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion
World Bank and Georgetown University
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Poverty, poor-area development projects, evaluation, savings, China

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Weakly Relative Poverty

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4844
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen
Georgetown University and World Bank
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Population Policies, Achieving Shared Growth, Services & Transfers to Poor

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How Did the World's Poorest Fare in the 1990s?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2409
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion
World Bank and Georgetown University
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When Economic Reform is Faster than Statistical Reform: Measuring and Explaining Inequality in Rural China

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1902
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen
Georgetown University and World Bank
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Household Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3040
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 29 Aug 2003
Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion
World Bank and Georgetown University
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Are There Lasting Impacts of Aid to Poor Areas? Evidence from Rural China

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4084
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shaohua Chen, Ren Mu and Martin Ravallion
World Bank, Texas A&M University - George Bush School of Government and Public Service and Georgetown University
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Access to Finance, Poverty Monitoring &Analysis, Economic Theory &Research

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More Relatively-Poor People in a Less Absolutely-Poor World

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More Relatively-Poor People in a Less Absolutely-Poor World

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6114
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion
World Bank and Georgetown University
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Regional Economic Development, Achieving Shared Growth, Services & Transfers to Poor

More Relatively‐Poor People in a Less Absolutely‐Poor World

Review of Income and Wealth, Vol. 59, Issue 1, pp. 1-28, 2013
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Feb 2013
Shaohua Chen
World Bank
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absolute poverty, global poverty, inequality, relative poverty

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Di Bao: A Guaranteed Minimum Income in Urban China?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3805
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Jan 2006
Shaohua Chen, Martin Ravallion and Youjuan Wang
World Bank, Georgetown University and National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS)
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Urban poverty, cash transfers, behavioral responses, targeting, China

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A Global Count of the Extreme Poor in 2012: Data Issues, Methodology and Initial Results

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A Global Count of the Extreme Poor in 2012: Data Issues, Methodology and Initial Results

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7432
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Shaohua Chen, Andrew Dabalen, Yuri Dikhanov, Nada Hamadeh, Dean Jolliffe, Ambar Narayan, Espen Beer Prydz, Ana Revenga, Prem Sangraula, Umar Serajuddin and Nobuo Yoshida
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank, World Bank - Africa Region, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, Poverty Global Practice, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), The World Bank, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank and World Bank
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Poverty Lines, Poverty Diagnostics, Small Area Estimation Poverty Mapping, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Inequality, Poverty Assessment, Poverty Monitoring & Analysis

A Global Count of the Extreme Poor in 2012: Data Issues, Methodology and Initial Results

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9442
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 02 Nov 2015
Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Shaohua Chen, Andrew Dabalen, Yuri Dikhanov, Nada Hamadeh, Dean Jolliffe, Ambar Narayan, Espen Beer Prydz, Ana Revenga, Prem Sangraula, Umar Serajuddin and Nobuo Yoshida
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank, World Bank - Africa Region, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank, Poverty Global Practice, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), The World Bank, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank and World Bank
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global poverty, poverty measurement, purchasing power parity

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China's (Uneven) Progress Against Poverty

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3408
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Shaohua Chen
World Bank
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Governance Indicators, Public Health Promotion, Poverty Assessment, Services & Transfers to Poor, Environmental Economics & Policies, Economic Conditions and Volatility, Poverty Impact Evaluation, Achieving Shared Growth, Safety Nets and Transfers

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Welfare-Consistent Global Poverty Measures

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Welfare-Consistent Global Poverty Measures

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8170
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 28 Aug 2017
Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen
Georgetown University and World Bank
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Inequality

Welfare-Consistent Global Poverty Measures

NBER Working Paper No. w23739
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Aug 2017
Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen
Georgetown University and World Bank
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Benefit Incidence with Incentive Effects, Measurement Errors and Latent Heterogeneity

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6573
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen
Georgetown University and World Bank
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Rural Poverty Reduction, Labor Policies, Services & Transfers to Poor, Inequality, Economic Theory & Research

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Benefit Incidence with Incentive Effects, Measurement Errors and Latent Heterogeneity: A Case Study for China

NBER Working Paper No. w21111
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2015
Martin Ravallion and Shaohua Chen
Georgetown University and World Bank
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Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization

The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 18, Issue 1, pp. 29-57, 2004
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion
World Bank and Georgetown University

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