The word poverty seems almost meaningless.
On a global scale we use the figure US$1.25 income per day to indicate someone in extreme poverty, or US$2 income per day to indicate someone in “run-of-the-mill” poverty (source).
You might ask “US$1.25 in Zambia can buy me a whole lot more than in the US”. It probably can – [...]


24. August 2009
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