Key Terms

in-kind subsidies	Provisions of goods and services in forms other than cash.



poverty gap	The total amount of money that would have to be transferred to households below the poverty line for them to get out of poverty.



poverty line	That level of income sufficient to provide a family with a minimally adequate standard of living.



poverty rate	The percentage of people in households whose incomes are under the poverty line.

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