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"The World Bank adjusts its poverty estimates for differences in prices across countries, but it ignores differences in needs."

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World Bank

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About Angus Deaton

Angus Deaton is a British-American economist known for research on consumption, poverty, and welfare. He was born on 1945-10-19 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He received the 2015 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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