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Your claim of the World's Bank definition of poverty is not what the article states. Can you provide a link?
by dsjoerg 11y ago
Your claim of the World's Bank definition of poverty is not what the article states. Can you provide a link?
- mikeash 11y agoThis list is actually how people in poverty define poverty, according to a World Bank research project: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/books/chapters/chapter-life-you-could-save.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/books/chapters/chapter-lif... The World Bank's own definition of "extreme poverty" is much simpler: $1.25/day or less, as can be seen all over their site: http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/measuringpoverty http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/measuringpoverty
- minerva_ivanova 11y agoIt's important to note that the $1.25 denotes the relative purchasing power of their income and not something that would translate into some higher value in the country of the impoverished person.
- minerva_ivanova 11y agoExtreme poverty = absolute poverty http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_poverty http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_poverty The article seems to be talking about relative poverty with the title suggesting this is the definition of extreme poverty.
- cthalupa 11y agoThe article is talking about the stated politics fueled goal of eradicating extreme poverty as defined by the world bank. Not the definition from wikipedia. It's not arguing against eradicating absolute poverty - it's saying that the current discussion is just politics and not helpful.