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Different rankings place different countries at the top of the list of the world's poorest countries, but generally the country in Africa with the most poverty is the Democractic Republic of the Congo, with Zimbabwe following closely behind.
There are people living in poverty in all countries of the world.
Different countries use different poverty lines because cost of living is different in different in different countries. The cost of living a decent life may be different in different countries because a country may be poor and the other country may be rich.
There are a number of places where one can find more information about poverty. There is a website called World Bank which will shows stats of poverty in different countries. There is also information found on websites such as Wikipedia and Why Poverty.
Every Country, no matter how developed has poverty, poverty is a world wide issue, not just in less developed countries. its just that the poverty in less developed countries is talked about more than the poverty in more developed countries.
By getting more aid from richer countries a poverty alleviation program could be put in place to make a different to the people.
GDP per capita is generally lower, and poverty rates are generally higher, in countries with lower standards of living.
the different kinds of poverty are income poverty, non-income poverty, relative poverty and absolute poverty.
Take a look at the book on Urban Poverty in the Global Southhttp://urb.im/blog/upgs which talks about how how countries define the poverty threshold and measure poverty has a large influence on poverty rates:"The use of inappropriate poverty definitions that understate and misrepresent urban poverty helps explain why so little attention has been given to urban poverty reduction by aid agencies and development banks.""Almost all official measurements of urban poverty are also made with no dialogue with those who live in poverty and who struggle to live with inadequate incomes. It is always the judgement of 'experts' that identifies those who are 'poor,'""Different criteria used for defining poverty in a given nation can show almost no urban poverty or 30 to 50 percent of the urban population in poverty. There are hidden influences and assumptions within poverty definitions that often help under-count who is identified as being poor"
Some countries are richer than others.
India's Rank is 63 out of 104 countries
No its the second most poverty creating thing next to an aligarchy