Geography 3312A/B Lecture : 03 22 Lecture Notes - Social Implications of Thailand.docx
1 Dec 2012
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Using the world standard of usppp a day, between 1990 and 2004 only 2% of the population falls into extreme consumption poverty. Using the world standard of usppp a day, between 1990 and 2004 25. 4% of the population falls into poverty, which is a significant share of the population, and significantly more than national estimates. That poverty may be more widespread than is commonly acknowledged is supported by the prevalence of children under the age of 5 being underweight for their age, which for. 1996 to 2004 stood at 19% the prevalence of undernourishment, which for 2001 to 2003 stood at 21% Poverty in thailand is predominantly rural 90% of the poor live rurally: even then, poverty has fallen due to: Crop diversification (away from rice into cash crop) Gini coefficients for thailand (from 0 perfect equality to 1 one person has everything)
