Poverty and Living Standards

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  1. 2. DEVELOPMENT INDEX A measure of living standards including life expectancy,income and education.
  2. 4. NATIONAL HAPPINESS A measure of living standards used to measure the collective happiness and well-being of a population.
  3. 7. QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF EDUCATION This is a government policy which will enhance the knowledge and earning potential of people.
  4. 9. BENEFITS Since the elderly and some of the sick and disabled cannot work they may not have savings to support them. The government will give this to them so they can avoid absolute poverty.
  5. 10. INEQUALITY INDEX A measure of gender inequalities in terms of empowerment and labour market participation.
  6. 11. POVERTY A condition when people are poor in comparison to others in the same country.
  7. 12. CIRCLE OF POVERTY A situation where people are trapped in poverty.
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  1. 1. LIFE EXPECTANCY INDEX An index which multiplies the life expectancy by a happiness index.
  2. 3. STANDARD The level of comfort,material goods,and necessities available to a person or group.
  3. 4. PROGRESS INDICATOR A measure of living standards which includes a variety of indicators such as income,leisure time,distribution of income and environmental standards.
  4. 5. POVERTY INDEX This measures the complexities of poor people's lives,individually and collectively each year.
  5. 6. POVERTY A situation when people's income is too low to enable them to meet their basic needs.
  6. 8. POWER PARITY An exchange rate based on the ratio of the price of a basket of products in different countries. It helps in comparing living standards.