Problem # 3: "Poverty Indicators" (12 points)
Please go to
http://www.afdb.org/en/documents/document/gender-poverty-and-environmental-indicators-on-african-countries-2009-16442/ (Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries 2009)and A). Define the Human Poverty Index (HPI). How does it measure poverty?b). Fill in the following table using Central African countries data:
Problem # 3: “Poverty Indicators”
Please go to
http://www.afdb.org/en/documents/document/gender-poverty-and-environmental-indicators-on-african-countries-2009-16442/ (Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries 2009)
and
a). Define the Human Poverty Index (HPI). How does it measure poverty?
b). Fill in the following table using Central African countries data:
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Country
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GNI per Capita ($)
(2007)
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HPI Value (%)
(2006)
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HDI Rank Among 179 Countries
(2006)
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HDI Value (Scale 0 to 1)
(2006)
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Cameroon
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Central African Republic
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Chad
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Congo
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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Equatorial Guinea
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Gabon
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c). How does your “African Country’s” HPI compare with that of other Central African countries?