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Letter: Poor maths?

Published 12 December 2007

From Paul Broady

In the discussion of the “number of people living on less than $1 per day” (20 October, p 14, and Letters, 10 November, p 26), is this $1 adjusted for changes in its purchasing power? This never seems to be stated.

• It is adjusted: in the article we noted that the figure was $1.08 in 2004 dollars.

Christchurch, New Zealand

Issue no. 2634 published 15 December 2007

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