Poverty in China — refers to people whose income is less than a poverty line of $1 per day (PPP) set by the World Bank benchmark (see Measuring poverty). Poverty has affected all aspects of the nation’s life, including the environment, health, education, housing,… … Wikipedia
Poverty in Pakistan — is a growing concern. Although the middle class has grown in Pakistan, nearly one quarter of the population is classified poor as of October 2006.cite web url=http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/135153/1/1893 title=World bank, UNDP… … Wikipedia
Poverty in Malaysia — is a controversial economic issue. The definition of poverty and the poverty line for Malaysians has been disputed, and government policies to address poverty such as the Malaysian New Economic Policy have been met with political… … Wikipedia
Gap, Pennsylvania — Gap is a census designated place and town in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with a zip code of 17527. The population was 1,611 at the 2000 census. It is the terminus for four Pennsylvania highways: 772, 741, 897, and the… … Wikipedia
Зазор бедности (POVERTY GAP) — размер дополнительного дохода, необходимого для выведения низкодоходной семьи на уровень прожиточного минимума … Социология: словарь
Poverty — Street children sleeping in Mulberry Street – Jacob Riis photo New York, United States (1890) Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money.[1] Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford … Wikipedia
poverty — Unlike Britain, where disparities in income have been growing wider, the gap between rich and poor in Spain has gradually been narrowing. In Britain the poorest 40 percent of the population receives 14.6 percent of the national income; in… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
Measuring poverty — Map of world poverty by country, showing percentage of population living on less than $1.25 per day. Unfortunately, information is missing for some countries … Wikipedia
Concentrated poverty — refers to a spatial density of socio economic deprivation. In the US it is commonly used in fields of policy and scholarship in reference to areas of extreme or high poverty defined by the US census as areas with 40 percent of the tract… … Wikipedia
Cycle of poverty — In economics, the cycle of poverty is the set of factors or events by which poverty, once started, is likely to continue unless there is outside intervention. [1] The cycle of poverty has been defined as a phenomenon where poor families become… … Wikipedia
