13-+key+definitions+of+poverty

Absolute poverty measures the number of people living below a set income threshold or the number of households unable to afford any of the 7 basic goods and services (food, water, shelter, clothes, employment, education and safety) Relative poverty measures the extent to which a household's financial resources falls below an average income threshold for the economy of the country, region or society. Although living standards and real incomes have grown because of higher employment and sustained economic growth over recent years, although mainly in 1st or 2nd world countries, the gains in income and wealth have been unevenly distributed across the population. For example, Brazil is the 9th richest country in the world and yet slightly less than half of the population live in adequate conditions. Information came from http://tutor2u.net/economics/content/topics/poverty/measuring_poverty.htm
 * Absolute poverty**
 * Relative poverty**