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Absolute poverty: $2 a day

How do we measure poverty on an international scale? Watch Dan Horsfall explain...

When we think of poverty we often think of hunger. While this persists in the UK, the poverty debate has evolved.

For much of the world though, the vary basics needed for survival still dominate, because far too many people don’t have them. In fact, over 700 million people live on less than $2-a-day.

Is there anything from Dan’s video that resonates above all else for you?

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