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  2. Poverty in South America - Wikipedia

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    Bolivia was one of the poorest countries in South America, but between 2006 and 2014, GDP per capita doubled and the extreme poverty rate declined from 38 to 18%. [21] This represents a great improvement in comparison to the situation by 2005, diminishing poverty from 59.6% to 38.6% in a decade. [22]

  3. Culture of poverty - Wikipedia

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    De Antuñano, E. (2019) states the theory of the culture of poverty was popularized in 1958 by anthropologist Oscar Lewis, following his research in Mexico City. [4] The culture of poverty frames low-income earners as existing within a culture that perpetuates poverty in a generational cycle.

  4. List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty

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    El Salvador: Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income 26.6% 2022 San Marino: Europe & Central Asia High income N/A Somalia: Sub-Saharan Africa Low income 54.4% 2022 Serbia: Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income 20.0% 2021 South Sudan: Sub-Saharan Africa Low income N/A São Tomé and Príncipe: Sub-Saharan Africa

  5. Poverty - Wikipedia

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    Poverty is a state or condition in which an individual lacks the financial resources and essentials for a basic standard of living. Poverty can have diverse environmental, legal, social, economic, and political causes and effects. [1]

  6. Extreme poverty - Wikipedia

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    Number of people living in extreme poverty from 1820 to 2015. Population not in extreme poverty Population living in extreme poverty Total population living in extreme poverty, by world region 1990 to 2015. Latin America and Caribbean East Asia and Pacific Islands South Asia Middle East and North Africa Europe and Central Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Other high income countries The number of people ...

  7. Poverty in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Share of population in extreme poverty over time. Poverty in Mexico deals with the incidence of poverty in Mexico and its measurement. It is measured based on social development laws in the country and under parameters such as nutrition, clean water, shelter, education, health care, social security, quality and availability of basic services in households, income and social cohesion. [2]

  8. Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative - Wikipedia

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    The centre was established in 2007. [2] In 2010, OPHI developed the Multidimensional Poverty Index for the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report. [3]

  9. List of countries and dependencies by population - Wikipedia

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    Cartogram of the world's population in 2018; each square represents 500,000 people. This is a list of countries and dependencies by population.It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and, in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with inclusion within the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1.