Measuring
poverty
on
a
global
scale
____________________
establishing
a
uniform
poverty
level
across
extremely
divergent
economies
,
which
can
result
in
only
rough
comparisons
.
The
World
Bank
has
de
?
ned
the
international
poverty
line
as
U
.
S
.
$1
and
$2
per
day
in
1993
Purchasing
Power
Parity
(
PPP
)
,
which
adjusts
for
di
?
erences
in
the
____________________
of
goods
and
services
between
countries
.
The
$1
per
day
level
is
generally
used
for
the
____________________
____________________
countries
,
primarily
African
;
the
$2
?
per
?
day
level
is
used
for
middle
____________________
economies
such
as
those
of
East
Asia
and
La
n
America
.
