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Income is a proxy. There are multidimensional definitions of poverty, but they are too hard to measure and compare across countries.
by cuchoi 11y ago
Income is a proxy. There are multidimensional definitions of poverty, but they are too hard to measure and compare across countries.
- msandford 11y agoRight, but I think that's partially the point. When you try and boil things down to a simple number, you lose a ton of information. Perhaps it's not wise to do this extreme metric-izing as it will probably just lead to the metrics being gamed rather than actual improvements.