This paper evaluates the importance of middle class vulnerability to poverty for subjective well-being (happiness) in … the lower income bound of the middle class (75% of the national median income) and not the poverty line (60% of the median …

population in concentrated settlements, separated neighbourhoods or ghettos. The majority live in poverty and face social …

Poverty reduction in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2005-2008 had been quite significant. Despite the global crisis …, an estimated 150 million people exited extreme poverty by 2008 - from 903.4 million in 2005 to 753.5 million, bringing … the percentage of people living under the $1.25 per day poverty line to 21.9% from 27.1% in 2005. Poverty reduction was …