Population below poverty line in the rural areas was noticeably reduced.

农村地区处于贫困线以下的人口显著下降。

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These official estimates are important because they determine the population living below poverty line (BPL) at national and state levels.

这些官方估计是很重要的因为他们决定了全国范围内处于贫困线下的人口。

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The Union Rural Development Ministry set up another committee to suggest better methods to identify people eligible for programs designed for the poor (those below poverty line).

农村联合发展部成立了另一个委员会来建议提出更好的方法以确定哪些人有资格享受贫困线下支助项目。

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Twenty-eight percent of this group had income levels that were below the poverty line.

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But despite a per capita gross domestic product of $14,000, the United Nations estimates that 70 percent of people live below the poverty line.

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They are below the line of poverty. And it is very easy to recruit people.

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It is estimated that less than 15% of the total increase in wages resulting from an increase in the minimum will go to people below the poverty line and less than a third of those receiving the minimum wage are families below the poverty line.

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In addition, some Florida adults below the poverty line already get coverage through Medicaid: jobless parents (below 22 percent of FPL) and working parents (below 56 percent of FPL).

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