Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each measurement concept to its meaning.
- GNI per capita
- PPP adjustment
- HDI
- Extreme poverty line
- A country’s income divided by its people
- Living below roughly two dollars a day (PPP)
- Income plus health plus education in one index
- Correcting for what money actually buys locally
Hints
- Each measure patches a blindness of the one before it.
- Raw income ignores prices; averages ignore the floor.
Show the answer
- GNI per capita → A country’s income divided by its people
- PPP adjustment → Correcting for what money actually buys locally
- HDI → Income plus health plus education in one index
- Extreme poverty line → Living below roughly two dollars a day (PPP)
Why
Each tool patches a blindness of the previous one: raw income ignores prices, prices ignore health and schooling, averages ignore the floor.
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