The national poverty gap, the average person's level of consumption below the poverty line, is 29 per cent, while the depth of poverty is concentrated in the rural areas.

It has set its economy on the right course, reduced poverty, lessened inequality, and consolidated its democracy.

But, amid enduring poverty, rising inequality, and lackluster growth in many developing countries, the success of past anti poverty policies and programs appears dubious.

The poverty line indicator shows that 64 per cent of the population live in poverty.

The proportion of the population living in poverty had risen to 63 per cent.

Target 1. Halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty

It provoked the missile gap.

Closing the Skills Gap

Ensuring long term stability will require poverty reduction, job creation, reduced income inequality, and the development of these countries human resources.

That is why governments in Bosnia and Herzegovina have to find ways and possible means to prevent an upsurge in the poverty rate.

Asia s Leadership Gap

The second table lists countries by the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line the poverty line deemed appropriate for a country by its authorities.

The Transatlantic Growth Gap

However, there is a large financing gap.

It reduced the proportion of citizens living in poverty from some 40 to under 25 .

These may be quite large, such as Oregon s Devil s Punchbowl or the Queen s Bath on the Na Pali coast.

The poverty rate in Malawi is decreasing through the work of the government and supporting organizations, with people living under the poverty line decreasing from 54 in 1990 to 40 in 2006, and the percentage of ultra poor decreasing from 24 in 1990 to 15 in 2007.

The poverty rate rose from 62 per cent in 1992 to 75 per cent in 2003.

Inequality has been falling.

Income and wealth inequalities worsened.

In Yemen, a 1998 survey indicated that 17.6 per cent of its population lived below the food poverty line, whereas 41.8 per cent were below the consumption poverty line.

It's the dependence on farm subsidies and under performing schools and higher poverty rates in rural areas than in urban.

At the Millennium Summit we adopted a plan of action, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which aimed to halve poverty by the year 2015.

Poverty in Madagascar was reduced from 80 per cent in 2002 to 74 per cent in 2004.

Over reliance on market mechanisms contributed to jobless growth, the gradual collapse of public services and the deepening of poverty and inequality.8 There are, however, growing signs of a turnaround.

There's a hole at the front, and there's a reason for that.

The economic and social policies adopted by the Government did not lead to the necessary progress in decreasing the inequality gap, confronting extreme poverty, decreasing illiteracy and unemployment rates and increasing access to health care and housing.

The fact is that assessment of food requirements representing only 34.5 per cent of the poverty line amount shows that food expenses account to a large extent for essential needs.

The 29 of the population that have left poverty behind are now an incipient middle class with new ambitions and goals.

If the situation did not change, it would be impossible to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of halving extreme poverty by 2015.

Between 1999 and 2002, the incidence of poverty rose from 43.8 to 44.0 per cent, while the ratio of people in extreme poverty stayed at 19.4 per cent.

Access to hospital care for hardship social cases and Palestinians living below the poverty line was half that of those living above the poverty line.

The divide is physical, not just mental.

The main weakness of Latin America s economies is that they will be unable to generate the type of rapid and sustained growth required to create jobs and reduce inequality and poverty.

Eliminating subsidies and trade barriers would mean that resources could be used more efficiently, so there would be more scope to reduce inequality and poverty, social tensions, environmental degradation, malnutrition, and disease.

The resulting fiscal austerity plunged many below the poverty line and accelerated economic inequality, while many private institutions, having caused the 2008 bust, recovered on the public dime.

At the bottom, the proportion of the population with an income below the poverty line increased from 13 at the start of Blair s government to 20 now.

How the Fed Just Reduced Inequality

There's no gap between rich and poor any longer. This is a myth.

That is an extraordinary gap in the returns that you can reasonably expect.

However, there exists a breathtaking gap in our scientific knowledge of the resources of sea.

Although the region s poverty rate has decreased by 10 percentage points in the last decade, 180 million people remain below the line, more than 70 million are still indigent, and a large percentage remains just above the poverty line.

Europe s democratic deficit is less a gap between European institutions and European citizens than between national politics and European problems.

But the digital divide is no immutable gap.

Currently, there appears to be a gap in the observed mass distribution of black holes.