Poor Countries or Poor People?: Development Assistance and the New Geography of Global Poverty

Ravi Kanbur; Andrew Sumner

doi:10.1002/jid.2861

Poor Countries or Poor People? Development Assistance and the New Geography of Global Poverty

Ravi Kanbur
, Andrew Sumner

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Abstract

Two decades ago, most of the world's poor lived in countries officially classified as low income. Now, most of the world's poor live in middle-income countries. The shift has been brought about by fast growth in a number of countries with large populations. This ‘new geography of global poverty’—with the mass of the poor not living in the world's poorest countries—raises questions for the current model of development assistance, where national per capita income is a key determinant of the volume and composition of aid flows. This paper reprises the changes in global poverty and discusses the case for continued development assistance to middle-income countries.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	686-695
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal Of International Development
Volume	24
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.2861
Publication status	Published - Aug 2012

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Poverty

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