http://www.truthdealer.com/3/can-people-in-rich-countries-really-be-poor The way things are. Tue, 04 May 2010 23:51:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.truthdealer.com/3/can-people-in-rich-countries-really-be-poor/comment-page-1#comment-43 A Primer on Helping the Poor | Truth Dealer Tue, 04 May 2010 23:51:16 +0000 http://truthdealer.com/?p=3#comment-43 [...] Varies depending on who you talk to. Within Western countries poverty generally refers to relative wealth or income. So if most of the population owns a Mercedes Benz, but you own a brown 1979 Datsun Sunny – you are poor. Global definitions of poverty are also typically economic but are absolute measures. The World Bank currently uses < US$1.25 daily income to indicate extreme poverty. [...] [...] Varies depending on who you talk to. Within Western countries poverty generally refers to relative wealth or income. So if most of the population owns a Mercedes Benz, but you own a brown 1979 Datsun Sunny – you are poor. Global definitions of poverty are also typically economic but are absolute measures. The World Bank currently uses < US$1.25 daily income to indicate extreme poverty. [...]

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