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poverty gap index  

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  • The poverty gap index (PG Index) measures the average shortfall of families or individuals from the poverty line. More formerly, it is the average gap, over a population, between the poverty line and the income of poor families, expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Poverty Gap Index]

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