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Foster, Greer and Thorbecke index  

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  • THE FOSTER, GREER and Thorbecke (FGT) Index is a poverty measure developed by Eric Thorbecke and Joel Greer of Cornell University and James Foster, a professor of economics at Vanderbilt University. The formula is used by economists to measure how income is distributed below the poverty line. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Foster, Greer and Thorbecke Index]

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