Definition: Absolute or extreme poverty

Category: Social statistics

Condition characterised by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-EP-09-001&mode=view
Source:
World Summit for Social Development Copenhagen 1995, quoted in Eurostat, "Combating poverty and social exclusion", 2010 Edition, Statistical books, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2010
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