Sunday, February 27, 2011

What is poverty?




Poverty is hunger and lack of food resources.  Poverty is not having the right types of shelter such as a house or school. It means that when you are sick and help is needed it is not available. If you live in poverty you cannot have an education which means you cannot get a job which leads to having no money.
Absolute poverty- measures the number of people living below a certain income threshold or the number of households unable to afford certain basic goods and services.
Relative poverty- measures the extent to which a household’s financial resources falls bellow an average income threshold for the economy. Although living standards and real incomes have grown because of higher employment and sustained economic growth over recent years, the gains in income and wealth have been unevenly distributed across the population.

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