skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

Preferred term

economic insufficiency  

Definition(s)

  • FOR AN INDIVIDUAL or a household, economic sufficiency means maintaining a decent standard of living and not having to choose between basic necessities such as medical care and food. An economically self-suffi-cient household is able to meet basic needs without relying on the help of government transfers or private assistance. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Economic Insufficiency]

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-FG01X1T4-8

Download this concept: