Ok so in reply to my Dad's comments...wiki tells us that poverty can be extreme (living on less than US$1 a day) or moderate (less than US$2 a day). You can check out the Wiki site for more information. There's a lot to read and take in...
My gut reaction is to say 'surely this 'cover all' does not do that job?' On the Wiki site the definition of poverty is this
'to be poor is to be deprived of those goods and services and pleasures which others around us take for granted'
Which is better than a monetry value that certainly doesn't mean anything to me when it comes in dollars, therefore each countries cost of basic living should be set by the government, as they have the biggest idea of what the minimum is to live.
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