Week 3: Advance Australia Fair?

Question 1

what is ‘one dollar a day’

Answer 1

poverty line developed for 1990 world development report - goal to halve proportion of people whose income is less than one dollar a day by 2015

Question 2

benefit of absolute measure of poverty?

Answer 2

policy can focus on minimum capabilities that people need to lead decent lives

Question 3

how is relative poverty measured?

Answer 3

• threshold moves as median incomes change (therefore community standards are changing)

Question 4

why do income differences have real significance for the well-being of individuals?

Answer 4

our conditions are assessed through comparisons with others

Question 5

which groups are most likely to experience deep and persistent disadvantage?

Answer 5

lone parents, indigenous Australians, long-term health condition/disability, low education attaintment