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cost-of-living-based measures of poverty  

Definition

  • COST-OF-LIVING MEASURES exist for two fundamental reasons. First, they are a means of comparing the relative purchasing power of income across geographical regions. [Source: Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Cost-of-Living-Based Measures of Poverty]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-X5D36GX6-S

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