Ackland, RobertDowrick, StephenFreyens, Benoit2015-12-100034-6535http://hdl.handle.net/1885/62219We present theory and evidence to suggest that, in the context of analyzing global poverty, the EKS approach to estimating purchasing power parities yields more appropriate international comparison of real incomes than the Geary-Khamis approach. Our analyAuthor/s retain copyright201310.1162/REST_a_002942015-12-10