The problem with the $2.15 (formerly $1.90)-a-day international definition of extreme poverty

On the 24th of December 2022, I watched, for the second time, the living on a dollar a day documentary, which provides invaluable insights into what it means to live on less than a dollar day, which how extreme poverty was defined during the Millennium Development Goals era. Today, the World Bank defines extreme poverty …

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