MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY: A SINGLE METHOD FOR ALL STATES ? INTERNATIONAL POVERTY INDEX

This article describes the main approaches of poverty measurement. A single method in the definition of poverty in the world today no, so each country defines the poverty of its population according to their standards. The author proposes to hold an international forum devoted to the issues of poverty in the world, one of whose tasks is to prepare and adopt a single method of measuring poverty - international poverty index. The article shows the advantages of the existence of the international index of poverty.