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Re:Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks by kspacewalk2 on Monday November 15, 2021 @09:12AM (#29227578)
Absolute numbers don't matter. Purchasing power matters.
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Re:Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks by retention456 on Monday November 15, 2021 @09:26AM (#29227741)
Purchasing power parity (PPP) is accounting for both absolute exchange rates and differential purchasing power across different countries

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/07/09/how-america...

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Re:Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks by rmah on Monday November 15, 2021 @09:22AM (#29227695)
Global PPP uses USD purchasing power in the US as the baseline.
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Re:Togo made a digital government stimulus system in two weeks by ctdonath on Monday November 15, 2021 @03:51PM (#29232560)
That's accounting for PPP adjustments.

Poverty line is a published official statement.

Percentile of world incomes, PPP adjusted, are easily found. Find and compare them.

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