The Poverty desk

Poverty is more than a number.

The most widely held and understood definition of extreme poverty, established by the World Bank, defines poverty in strictly economic terms — earning less than $3.90 a day.

Poverty Defined

​The most widely held and understood definition of extreme poverty, established by the World Bank, defines poverty in strictly economic terms — earning less than $1.90 a day.
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Worldwide 600 million children live in extreme poverty. Almost half the world — over 3 billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day.The poor themselves describe poverty in terms of suffering relationships.​

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