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Poverty

Poverty is a socioeconomic condition characterized by the severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation, health, shelter, education, and information, in the context of limited economic resources, social exclusion, and structural inequality that prevent individuals or households from sustaining a minimally acceptable standard of living within a given society.

38.4K

Publications

2.4M

Citations

55.2K

Authors

8.4K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

9.5K

Variants

Rural Poverty Alleviation

Parents

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Publications

38.4K

The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, The Underclass, and Public Policy.

Bernard C. Watson, William Julius Wilson · The Journal of Negro Education · 1988 · 6K citations

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A Class of Decomposable Poverty Measures

James Foster, Joel Greer, Erik Thorbecke · Econometrica · 1984 · 5.5K citations

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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty

Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson · Asean Economic Bulletin · 2012 · 5.3K citations

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Estimating wealth effects without expenditure data—or tears: An application to educational enrollments in states of India

Deon Filmer, Lant Pritchett · Demography · 2001 · 5.2K citations · Full text

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Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation.

M. C., Amartya Sen · Population and Development Review · 1982 · 4.9K citations

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Authors

55.2K

  1. MR
    Martin Ravallion

    World Bank, United States

    164 publications · 29.3K citations

    75

    h-index

  2. GJ
    Greg J. Duncan

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    57 publications · 14.5K citations

    45

    h-index

  3. RK
    Ravi Kanbur

    Cornell University, United States

    73 publications · 8.5K citations

    40

    h-index

  4. TM
    Timothy M. Smeeding

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    82 publications · 6K citations

    39

    h-index

  5. CB
    Christopher B. Barrett

    Cornell University, United States

    57 publications · 7.2K citations

    36

    h-index

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Institutions

8.4K

  1. World Bank

    Washington, United States

    140 h-index

    1K publications

    141.3K citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    107 h-index

    777 publications

    69.8K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    103 h-index

    536 publications

    78.1K citations

  4. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    92 h-index

    485 publications

    47.4K citations

  5. International Food Policy Research Institute

    Washington D.C., United States

    89 h-index

    504 publications

    48.4K citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    86 h-index

    436 publications

    49.8K citations

  7. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    83 h-index

    517 publications

    49.7K citations

  8. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    82 h-index

    469 publications

    37K citations

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Venues

  1. World Development

    705 publications · 90.6K citations

    154

    h-index

  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 653 publications · 97.9K citations

    151

    h-index

  3. Social Science & Medicine

    303 publications · 30.6K citations

    96

    h-index

  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 1.6K publications · 57.5K citations

    93

    h-index

  5. Journal of Development Economics

    212 publications · 30.2K citations

    89

    h-index

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