Martin Ravallion

Martin Ravallion, born 1952, is an Australian economist who is currently director of the research department at the World Bank.^[1] He is best known for his extensive research on poverty in developing countries and on policies for fighting poverty. In 1990 he proposed what has come to be known as the “$1 a day” poverty line,^[2] and since then he and his colleagues at the Bank have been monitoring progress against global poverty by this and other measures.^[3] He has advised numerous governments and international agencies and written three books and 200 papers in scholarly journals and edited volumes.

References

1. ^ "Shs35 billion Gates fund for agriculture". Daily Monitor. 3 December 2009. http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/business/Shs35_billion_Gates_fund_for_agriculture_95493.shtml. Retrieved 8 December 2009. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ Devichand, Mukul (2 December 2007). "When a dollar a day means 25 cents". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7122356.stm. Retrieved 8 December 2009. 
3. ^ Das, Gurcharan (14 November 2009). "At last, good news about poverty". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/At-last-good-news-about-poverty/articleshow/5227603.cms. Retrieved 8 December 2009. 

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