World Bank poverty monitoring programs produce analytical reports assessing the extent and causes of poverty and inequality. This dataset contains internationally comparable poverty measures and lines generated since 1990 by the World Bank's Development Research Group in collaboration with national institutions. The data is sourced from the World Bank's portal and consolidated on HDX, last updated on 2026-04-28.
Use Cases
- Assessing the extent and causes of poverty in Greece based on analytical reports.
- Examining the impact of economic growth and public policy on inequality using poverty monitoring data.
- Reviewing household survey data and measurement methods for poverty estimation.
- Comparing poverty lines and estimates internationally using data produced since 1990.
Strengths
- Data is produced by the World Bank's Development Research Group, an authoritative source for global poverty estimates.
- Includes internationally comparable poverty measures and lines generated consistently since 1990.
- Derived from analytical work conducted in collaboration with national institutions and civil society.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling tasks.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Analytical reports from poverty monitoring programs and the World Bank's Development Research Group.
- Time Range
- Data generation referenced since 1990; specific temporal coverage is unknown.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 02:52:27.468316; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Greece