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Measures of poverty and inequality in developing countries.
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| Author | Pochun, Malati |
| Abstract | World is the threshold of the third millenium, more than one billion people are living on less than a US a day and another two billion are just little better off. Although poverty pockets exist in the industrialised countries, most of the poor are in the developing countries. This paper examines measures of poverty and inequality used in the Human Development Report. The traditional measures of poverty are based on the income perspective. A person is considered to be poor if, and only if, his income level is below the defined poverty line. Many countries adopt income poverty lines to monitor progress in reducing percentage of people below the poverty line. The cut-off poverty line is generally defined in terms of having enough income for a specified amount of food. Whether income inequality has widened or narrowed can be observed from the ratio of the incomes of the richest 20 per cent to those of the poorest 20 per cent. It is now generally accepted that human poverty has many dimensions, and it is not just poverty of income or not having things necessary for material well-being. Human poverty means the deprivation that people suffer throughout their lives. They do not enjoy the choices and opportunities which are most basic to human development and which make it possible to live a long, healthy, well-nourished and self-fulfilling life, to be educated and to have a reasonable |
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| Subject Keyword | Human Poverty Traditional Measure Self-fulfilling Life Cut-off Poverty Line Industrialised Country Income Perspective Poverty Line Material Well-being Third Millenium Income Level Many Country Income Poverty Line Enough Income Defined Poverty Line Whether Income Inequality Poverty Pocket Specified Amount Human Development Report Developing Country Many Dimension Human Development |
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