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Cost of Basic Needs based Global Poverty estimates, 1983-2014

This dataset provides global poverty estimates using the method of cost of basic needs, covering the period 1983-2014, as have been calculated for the "Global Absolute Poverty: Behind the Veil of Dollars" article published in the Journal of Globalization and Development (DOI: 10.1515/jgd-2016-0033). Consult that article for details on the calculation method and the use of the data provided here. See the documentation in this datapackage for explanation of the meanings of each column. The data available here include an intermediary consumption basket to the two used in the original article. Consult the PovertyLineRecipies.pdf for the details in how this intermediary poverty line was constructed.