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On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Matthew Ross wrote:
> > > I know, and seriously speaking, its what Canada declares its poverty
> > > rate. America set its poverty level relatively high, and Canada
> > > followed suit.
> >
> > If you are correct, and every country chooses their own threshold for
> > what constitutes poverty, then the numbers below have no meaning
> > because we can't disentangle the threshold choice from the real
> > poorness of the country. Were you kidding?
>
> They are utterly meaningless. That was my point.
Who sent them to the list? He should defend himself. Or at least tell us
where the numbers came from.
Mike
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