We demonstrate how to apply our model to predict poverty rates in a given country, and apply our preferred model to global poverty measurement, comparing it to the World Bank’s poverty estimates. We show that the model in general tracks the official poverty estimates well, but with notable exceptions. Where there are exceptions, these may in part be explained by the deficiencies in the survey methodology of a particular country, and not just because our model comes up short.

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