Extreme income poverty or “absolute income poverty” is defined by the Global Bank Group as a per capita income of less than $1.25 per day.

Extreme income poverty or “absolute income poverty” is defined by the World Bank as a per capita income of less than $1.25 per day.

This poverty measure, MPI, complements income poverty measures.

Her past research focused on poverty measurement and analysis and the impact of social (protection) transfers on income poverty.

[C]hild relative income poverty rates are very high – around 20% of children in the U.S. live in relative income poverty, compared to just over 13%, on average across OECD countries.