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squared poverty gap index  

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  • THE POVERTY GAP Index is a measure of poverty that calculates both the prevalence and the depth of poverty in a country. It is computed by calculating how far each poor individual is below the official poverty line as a percentage of the poverty line itself, and then averaging these proportional poverty gaps over the entire population. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Squared Poverty Gap Index]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-G53WDW7L-J

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