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"Poverty maps" allow the visualization of the incidence and magnitude of poverty across space. This web site of the World Bank covers topics of geographic aspects of inequality and poverty as componen...
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Poor people live without fundamental freedoms of action and choice that the better off take for granted. They often lack adequate food and shelter, education and health, deprivations that keep them fr...
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