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Updating the Definitions and Methods of Measuring Poverty更新测量贫困的定义和方法

Defining and Measuring Poverty: Challenges and Opportunities By Jim Masters and Teresa Wickstrom, Center for Community Futures Draft 9 (July 21, 2004) Table of Contents A. Project Overview 1 B. Dictionary Definitions of Poverty 2 C. United States Federal Definition of Poverty 5 D. How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty 7 Poverty Research 12 E. State Income Levels Used in Tax Credit Programs…………………..………………13 F. United States – Other Organizations 18 G. International Organizations………………………………………….……………….19 H. Measuring Global Poverty 20 I. International – Other Nations 21 1. AFRICA 21 2. CAMBODIA. 21 3. CANADA 21 4. CHINA 21 5. ENGLAND 22 6. EUROPE 22 7. FINLAND 22 8. GERMANY 24 10. SHANGHAI 30 11. SOUTH AFRICA 30 12. SPAIN 31 13. SWEDEN 31 14. RUSSIA 31 ALL 31 J. Comparing the Elements of the Different Approaches 40 K. Problems in the Existing U.S. Federal Definition of Poverty 41 L. Bibliography and Electronic documents Error! Bookmark not defined. M. Stakeholders and Experts 48 Appendix A. United Way’s State of Caring Index 51 A. Project Overview This is a survey of the definitions and measures of poverty in use by various organizations and governments around the world. This does not describe every single one of them because this paper would be hundreds of pages long. Instead it describes a few definitions and lists the sources for many more, and begins to compile some of the problems with the current situation. The purpose of this background material is to provide the source material to create a framework that shows the types of elements or factors that make up different definitions, e.g. income, assets, government benefits, social factors, etc. We will also try to make explicit the underlying assumptions, which requires “unbundling” the definitions in some cases. We recognize that most definitions are based on: a particular culture, on the values of the society or organization that create it, on the extent to which a definition is based on