Like a line in the sand, an absolute poverty standard shows whether the economic tide is moving in or out. It does not matter too much where on the beach it is drawn.

就像在沙滩上划线，绝对贫困标准显示经济潮流是进是退，和这条线划在沙滩的哪里没有太大的关系。

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000 in its total population of 230, 000 lead lives under poverty line and 27% of which are the absolute poor.

全县23万人口中，19万人生活在贫困线以下，27％的人处于绝对贫困。

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The authors thus base their absolute poverty line on the 15 countries in their sample below this threshold.

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Despite a much-aired fall in the poverty rate from 69% in 1997 to 54% in 2003, the absolute number living below the poverty line rose to 11.7m in a population of around 20m.

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