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 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.

That is a general poverty line in Bosnia and Herzegovina (the minimum nutrition needs, i.e. the extreme poverty line, is KM 760 annually per capita).

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

All the civilian victims live below the poverty line.

Our national targets include a 50 per cent reduction in the number of people living below the poverty line during the period 2001 2010.

The distribution of income remains highly unequal with more than half of the population below the national poverty line and just over 400,000 (3.2 ) unemployed.

One in Every Three Syrians Live Under the Poverty Line

Today, 1 in 3 Syrians live under the poverty line.

Today, 1 in 3 Syrians live under the poverty line.

Definitions of the poverty line do vary considerably among nations.

Critics argue that, for methodological reasons, the PPP based poverty line misrepresents the prevalence of poverty worldwide.

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.

poverty 69 of the populace lived below the poverty line, whereas the cost of an education is increasing

National poverty reduction strategies

50 percent of our residents live at or below the poverty line.

For instance, the national report on the status of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals showed that poverty remained widespread in the country official figures suggested that around one third of the total population lived in poverty, with many others close to the poverty line.

Senegal had recently launched a 10 year national strategy to ensure gender equity, in line with benchmarks established under its poverty reduction strategy and with the Millennium Development Goals.

In Bhutan, the national poverty indicator includes gender sensitive poverty indicators.

26.3 of the population and 22.9 of families were below the poverty line.

Those below the poverty line do not receive cash, but only in kind support.

Disaster reduction must be integrated as a matter of priority into national plans and programmes for sustainable development and poverty alleviation, in line with the Hyogo Declaration and its Plan of Action.

For instance, the National Operational Center Against Poverty Problem has been established to act as the national focal point on poverty eradication.

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.

Today, 23 million Argentines are poor, and more than 10 million live below the poverty line.

There was 33 unemployment, and just under half of the population lived below the poverty line.

The Committee also regrets the absence of an official poverty line that would enable the State party to define the extent of poverty and to monitor and evaluate progress in alleviating poverty.

Consultations and participation in national poverty reduction efforts

Considering the limited availability of data in Bosnia and Herzegovina for determining absolute and relative poverty, we opted for the absolute poverty line as the most suitable instrument for poverty definition and monitoring.

The poverty line in the UK is commonly defined as being 60 of the median household income.

In addition, gender mainstreaming became a service line (1.6) under poverty and the achievement of the MDGs.

The trainees must come form families living under the poverty line and mostly from female headed households.

The Committee also recommends the State party to adopt an official poverty line, which would enable the State party to define the extent of poverty and to monitor and evaluate progress in alleviating poverty.

It was estimated that 23 per cent of households in Palestine fell below the poverty line in 1998, with an additional 14 per cent in deep poverty.

These targets are in line with European employment policy (National Action Programmes).

Each year, the National Target Programme on poverty reduction and job creation helps 300,000 households escape poverty.

The first Parikrma school started in a slum where there were 70,000 people living below the poverty line.

The Committee notes with concern that 10.6 per cent of the Serbian population and 12.2 per cent of the Montenegrin population currently live below the poverty line and that another 25,000 persons in Serbia would fall below the poverty line if it were increased slightly.

According to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, the sole frame of reference for economic and social development, 63 per cent of the population lives below the poverty line and 34 per cent lives in extreme poverty.

The acute poverty indicator, which takes into consideration not only the gap between the poor and the poverty threshold but also the inequality among those living below the poverty line, was 8.9 per cent in 2004.

Some 40 of the population still lives below a poverty line drawn just this side of the funeral pyre.

Indeed, only 15 of workers, or 24 million people, managed to rise above the poverty line in 2007 2011.

To document indigenous and tribal peoples' own perceptions of poverty and poverty reduction strategies and existing gaps, similarities and contradictions with national poverty reduction efforts.

The National Council for Women of Egypt, in collaboration with line ministries, developed methodologies for gender auditing in national budgets.