Relative poverty, however, is significant.

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It is important to appreciate the characteristic features of this relative poverty.

COLOMBIA ILLITERACY RATE BY SEX AND POVERTY LEVEL, 1978 1993

Firstly, it would stabilize intraregional trade by pre empting relative shifts in the intraregional exchange rate structure.

An alternative definition of relative poverty can be provided more directly in terms of income distribution.

The central region has the highest rates of poverty (41 per cent) and extreme poverty (57.1 per cent). That region's rate of extreme poverty is the worst in Nicaragua, at 17 times the rate in Managua and three times the rate in the other Pacific departments.

Rate The relative frequency of the occurrence of a particular event within a given population, generally given per thousand.

Considering the limited availability of data in Bosnia and Herzegovina for determining absolute and relative poverty, we opted for the absolute poverty line as the most suitable instrument for poverty definition and monitoring.

From that time on, our population apos s relative growth rate fell steadily, declining to 2.1 per cent in 1990.

The higher incidence of inadequate housing and homelessness among indigenous peoples is a clear manifestation of their relative poverty.

In the industrialized and industrializing societies, however, income concentration always brings relative poverty in the lower group or groups.

Empirical evidence shows that there is no invariant relationship between the rate of growth and the rate of poverty reduction, and that even in a context of faster growth, complementary policies specifically targeting poverty are required.

The child poverty rate decreased from 17.6 percent in 2000 to 12.9 percent in 2002.

Growing up in relative poverty undermines children's well being, social inclusion and self esteem and reduces opportunities for learning and development.

This income poverty can be considered in absolute or relative terms, depending upon the understanding of the notion of basic needs.

Unfortunately, it is apparent that the rate of survival and the ability to rebuild depends on the relative wealth of the affected country.

The infant mortality rate had been reduced by 15 per cent relative to 1994, and the reduction in life expectancy had been halted.

43. In more recent years poverty appears to have eased on the strength of the relative economic recovery that began in 1991.

The poverty rate rose from 62 per cent in 1992 to 75 per cent in 2003.

When the Government came to power in 2003, the extreme poverty rate was 20.1 per cent.

Poverty is borne equally by men and women, yet despite this, there are several examples of gender inequality which deepen differences between men and women in relative poverty levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

According to the 1993 DANE National Survey of Poverty and Quality of Life, rural households have a much higher poverty rate than urban households (table 14.2).

In 2002, the total poverty rate in my country was 46.4 per cent because of decades of neglect.

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ROME In early 2012, outgoing World Bank President Robert Zoellick announced that the Millennium Development Goal of halving the global poverty rate relative to its 1990 level had been achieved in 2010 five years ahead of schedule. But many analysts have challenged estimates that rely on the World Bank s current poverty line, raised in 2008 from 1 to 1.25 per day, in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms.

Jordan asserts that the large influx of refugees into its territory caused an increase in the poverty rate in Jordan, which in turn caused an increase in the crime rate.

Some participants from the developing countries wanted poverty to be declared a proscribed basis of discrimination, while others argued that poverty is far too vague a concept to be the subject of legal rights and duties. Some contended that absolute poverty differs from relative poverty, or asked what responsibility individuals have to raise themselves out of poverty through education and work?

The poverty rate was 36 per cent in the Gaza Strip and 10.5 per cent in the West Bank.

4. Notes the higher than budgeted vacancy rate relative to the rate approved by the General Assembly in its resolution 54 249, and requests the Secretary General to take all appropriate measures to rectify this situation in an expeditious manner

With that strategy, we aim, by 2009, to reduce the unemployment rate from 9.5 per cent to 5.1 per cent and to cut the poverty rate by half, to 8.1 percent.

Gifts account for a significant proportion within this category, although the relative amount is less than in the case of households in the food poverty category.

44. This picture seems in any case to point to a lessening of absolute poverty or to a smaller number of poor in the total population. However, the social indicators suggest that relative poverty has become more acute.

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Poverty in the Caribbean was generally characterized by large income disparities and was linked to a high rate of unemployment.

In the US, the inflation rate has also been depressed by the rise in the value of the dollar relative to the euro and other currencies, which has caused import prices to decline. This, too, is a level effect, implying that the inflation rate will rise once the dollar's exchange rate stops appreciating.

Large current account surpluses and or rising terms of trade imply that the equilibrium real exchange rate (the relative price of foreign to domestic goods) has appreciated in countries like China and Russia. Thus, over time the actual real exchange rate needs to converge via real appreciation with the stronger equilibrium rate.

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