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Defining and Re-Defining Poverty: A CCSD Perspective


  Author: Canadian Council on Social Development
Publisher: Canadian Council on Social Development
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Document Date:                  October 01, 2001
Category: Children > Costs of Children
Related Categories:
Children > Child Welfare
Children > Economic Factors Influencing
Family Economics > Child Poverty
Family Economics > Economic Hardship
Family Economics > Employment/Unemployment
Family Economics > Family Income
Family Economics > Family Wealth
Family Economics > Poverty
Family Economics > Standard of Living
 

This article focuses primarily on redefining what constitutes the poverty line. It also discusses the pros and cons of the three existing poverty measures: the Low Income Cut-Offs (LICOs), the Low Income Measure (LIM), and the Market Basket Measure (MBM).

 

 

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