Extreme poverty
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Extreme poverty is the most severe state of poverty, where people have minimal or very limited access to basic necessities, such as food, clothing, shelter, education and health care. The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on US $1 or less per day, and estimates that 1.1 billion people currently live under these conditions. (This $1 a day figure has been adjusted for purchasing power parity<ref>Template:Cite url=http://www.worldbank.org/depweb/english/beyond/global/glossary.html</ref>, which attempts to eliminate differences in costs of goods an services between countries to present a more meaningful comparison.) Eradication of extreme poverty and hunger by 2015 is a Millennium Development Goal.
Extreme poverty is most common in Sub-Saharan Africa.
[edit] See also
- List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty
- Income inequality metrics
- Make Poverty History
- Millennium Promise
- Poverty line
- Poverty reduction
[edit] References
- Sachs, Jeffrey (2005). The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time Penguin Press Hc ISBN 1-59420-045-9
- Jones, Gareth Stedman (2004) An End to Poverty? Profile Books LTD ISBN 1-86197-729-8
[edit] External links
- Poverty Indicators, Statistics & Measurement
- Is There Such a Thing as an Absolute Poverty Line Over Time?
- New Light on the Behavior of Poverty Lines Over Time
- WhiteBand.org - Global Call to Action Against Poverty
- Scientific American Magazine (September 2005 Issue) Can Extreme Poverty Be Eliminated?
