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absolute poverty
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to live in minimum standard offen called poverty line
relative poverty
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means the you are poor in relation to others lives arround you
income poverty
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you are poor if you have less money that the defined povetry line for your country (less than one dolar a day)
Human povetry
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takes into account other factors,
malnutrition
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ill health caused by inadequate food
illiteracy
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inability to read or write
sanitation
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system for taking dirty water and waste from homes to ensure good hygiene
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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the total value of all the goods and services prouced in a country in one year, excluding income received from abroad
GNP
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Gross National Products is GDP plus money earned from abroad by companies based in tah country
poverty alleviation
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reducing the level of poverty
debt servicing
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paying back money owed on loans
penury
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the state of being extremely poor
live on the breadline
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having the level of income of an extremely poor person
impoverished
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poor, without much money to live on
destitute people
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witout money, food, home or possesion
deprived children
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not having the things necessary for a pleasant life
living from hand to mounth
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having just enough money to live without suffering
money has been tight
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there has no not been much mony

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