So being poor in America is much better than being poor in Brazil, at least when it comes to shelter and care.
One of the distinguishing features of being poor is being dependent on one or two exports.
The is the definition of being poor, that you have to work long hours for low pay.
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Across the world, the power of small business entrepreneurship to build prosperity for the poor is being increasingly recognized.
Developed countries like Britain have recognised that being poor is a relative concept.
"We're very concerned that what the bill does is it punishes people for being poor, " Appleby said.
Most severe poverty in the world today is due to poor people being harmed in this way.
Another common view is that poor countries, being unable to afford greenery, should pollute now and clean up later.
The consequence of poor job prospects is being felt in the universities.
The fact that these notices are being issued is proof of the poor planning and execution of the OVDI and OVDP programs.
It should have worried more that Welsh voters may ask why their deal is so poor compared with that being offered to the Scots.
But what I want to focus on is a sin of Hitchens that Seymour, being a Marxist and a Trotskyite, is in a very poor position to denounce but that ought to outrage anyone with a functioning moral compass.
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But Chancellor Schroder gave his backing to Mr Trittin, who is being personally blamed for the Greens' poor result.
Davos Man and Woman are not only wealthy but healthy too, which is clearly much better than being sick and poor.
Now, with the arrival of a million white, mainly poor, foreigners, immigration is being analysed in more purely economic terms.
"Issues on top of people's minds on the doorstep include the very poor road maintenance which is not being tackled by the county council, " she said.
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If money is advertised for participation in trials as it often is if the research is being done by a private company poor parents may expose their children to risks they would not otherwise take.
From being poor in oil, China is now the fifth largest oil producer in the world, behind Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United States and Iran, but ahead of Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Kuwait and Nigeria.
The gripe about Britain being poor at gestating bold entrepreneurs is an old one: the stereotype is of boffins who are good at generating ideas, but lose out to thrusting Americans when it comes to monetising them.
The action is being taken on the grounds their care was so poor it breached the Human Rights Act.
Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore noted that enterprise visibility is poor at best, with IT budgets being managed closely.
As expected, Israel is being supported from the United States - despite the poor relationship between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama.
Doctors can struggle to talk to parents who feel they are being accused of poor parenting, which is why healthcare professionals may need guidance in tackling the problem, especially when parents cannot see there is one.
It has failed to withhold payment for poor performance and rarely checked that it is being correctly charged.
Part of the benefit, everyone agrees, is that there are huge benefits to not being dirt-poor: clean drinking water, good medical care and safe housing, to name a few.
And being very poor at shooting free-throws is a killer in any basketball, and in college basketball specifically, because games will come down to the end, and your team will need to hit free-throws to win.
Too much is being spent on badly targeted social-security schemes and on poor-quality public services.
And while progress is being made in reducing extreme poverty, gaps between rich and poor are widening almost everywhere.
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Hill believes water retention under the skin is a result of poor placental development, resulting in calves being much larger than normal.
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