Current international poverty line a ‘misleading shortcut method’, say experts

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Billions of dollars in foreign aid could be spent more effectively if international poverty statistics weren’t so inaccurate. Dr Michail Moatsos, Assistant Professor at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, and Kings’ College London, says current methods for calculating the international poverty line lead to a skewed picture of how poverty is distributed across the world – and this is hampering attempts to eradicate it.